After promoting Gujarat tourism by roping in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador, the state government has now revised its plans to develop beaches of the state to cater to the tourists visiting Gujarat.
After promoting Gujarat tourism by roping in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador, the state government has now revised its plans to develop beaches of the state to cater to the tourists visiting Gujarat.
Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL), a state government venture, will now develop 16 'eco friendly' beaches in the state instead of the 10 that were planned earlier.
TCGL had appointed five consultants to plan the development of the beaches and based on the same the design work has already been allotted to architects. The ten beaches that were to be developed were Nargol and Tithal in Valsad, Dandi in Navsari, Suvali in Surat, Gopnath in Bhavnagar, Bhavani beach in Mahuva, Sarkeshwar in Amreli, Ahmadpur Mandavi in Junagadh, Mayani in Porbandar and Shivrajpur in Jamnagar.
The six new additions to the list include Okha Madhi, Bet Dwarka in Jamnagar, Pingleshwar and Mandavi in Kachchh and Umargam and Poshitra.
The government will spend Rs160 crore that is Rs10 crore for the development of each beach. Talking about the development plans, Anoop Shukla, managing director of TCGL said, "We are concentrating on developing these beaches in a unique way that could also attract private players. Our focus is to improve the quality of tourism in the state. We have appointed architects for landscaping and designing of other infrastructure on the beaches."
He further said that TCGL will develop a building for a compact resort with a 25-room capacity. "But the operations of the same will be given on contract. On each beach, a two kilometre stretch will be developed by the corporation for promenade, walk ways, cycle track, food court and other facilities," he said.
Shukla said some of the land will also be identified to develop resorts on a public private partnership basis. "We want to develop these beaches to set an example for other private players to come up and invest in tourism infrastructure in the state," Shukla said.
There are also plans to link these beaches with nearby religious places as well, he said.
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