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India: Kerala to Become Global Pilgrim Tourism Centre

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">KOCHI</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (NNN-Bernama): South Indian state Kerala, with its large number of temples, churches, mosques and several other places of worship, will soon become global pilgrim tourism centre, according Press Trust of India (PTI).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Kerala Government has decided to launch a pilgrim tour called "Darshan Yatra" across the state to promote pilgrim tourism and thus to woo more tourists to the state.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The State Tourism Department has drawn up a special package for the 'Darshan Yatra' as per which tourists can choose the pilgrim destinations of their choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Under the plan, Kerala has been divided into three zones according to the presence of major pilgrim centres. The 'yatra' will be arranged in three packages lasting two days, tourism officials said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The first tour, beginning from capital city Thiruvananthapuram, will cover places like Kovalam, Tiruvallam, Attukal, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Padmanabha</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Swamy</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Veli and Neyyar dam.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Another group will begin from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kochi</st1:place></st1:city> and cover the Ernakulathappan temple, Kaladi, Thripunithura, Athirampuzha, Guruvayur and Kadampuzha. The third group will start from Angamali and cover the places like Kanniyur, Bharananganam, Malayattur, Pala and Valiyapalli, sources said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The department also has plans to set up a global village in its commercial capital <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kochi</st1:place></st1:city> to woo foreign tourists, they added. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">According to their latest figures, around 8.5 million domestic tourists visited the state in 2010 and the number of foreign tourists was 700,000.-NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

India: Kerala to Become Global Pilgrim Tourism Centre

KOCHI (NNN-Bernama): South Indian state Kerala, with its large number of temples, churches, mosques and several other places of worship, w...

Pilgrimage Tourism in Haryana

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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gurgaon-Hi-Tech-Haryana-Photographic-Cristofori/dp/B005CLS02M?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Gurgaon, Hi-Tech Center 50Km from Delhi, Haryana State, India Photographic Poster Print by Marco Cristofori, 40x30" height="240" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B005CLS02M&tag=glob036-20" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B005CLS02M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />The Minister of State of Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed informed Rajya Sabha today that, development, promotion and implementation of tourism projects are primarily undertaken by the State Governments/Union Territories. However, Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance for tourism projects, which are prioritized in consultation with the State Governments/ Union Territories, including destinations of pilgrim tourism. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A project for Development of Panipat-Kurukshetra-Pinjore as Mega Tourist circuit has been sanctioned for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Rs.1545.22</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> lakh in 2008-09 by the Ministry of Tourism. The project includes places of pilgrim importance at Kurukshetra, Pehowa and Pinjore. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In addition of the above, an inter State Mega Tourism circuit for Development of Yamunanagar-Panchkula (Haryana)-Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) incorporating places of pilgrim importance like Mansa Devi Temple complex in Panchkula and Adi Badri, Kapal Mochan complex, Ved Vyas Mandir, Saraswati Tirth, Laxmi Narayan Temple complex and Dargah Hazrat Sayeed Shah in Yamuna Nagar has been sanctioned in the year 2010-11 for </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Rs. 3253.06 lakh. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The project proposals submitted by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations are prioritized based on discussions in the prioritization meetings held in the Ministry of Tourism. The proposals that are complete as per scheme guidelines are examined and appraised for sanction subject to inter-se priority, availability of funds and status of utilization of funds released earlier under various schemes. <span> </span>(PIB)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Pilgrimage Tourism in Haryana

The Minister of State of Tourism, Shri Sultan Ahmed informed Rajya Sabha today that, development, promotion and implementation of tourism ...