Telangana Tourism Policy 2025-2030 came into effect from Monday (March 17, 2025)
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Telangana Tourism Policy 2025-2030 came into effect from Monday (March 17, 2025). It aims to position the State in the top five States in domestic and international tourist arrivals, attract ₹15,000 crores of new investments to the tourism sector in next five years, create additional employment opportunities for three lakh people and enhance tourism contribution to 10% or higher of the State GDP.
The Tourism policy, a first for the State, plans to achieve this by promoting spiritual, heritage, culture, adventure, medical & wellness, eco-tourism with community empowerment ‘through cutting-edge infrastructure and world class services’ to attract the tourists and investments.
Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao hoped that the policy will give boost to the development of the various forms of tourism.
Safe Tourism is a key driver
According to a Government Order (G.O.) issued by Tourism Department’s secretary Smitha Sabharwal on Monday (March 17, 2025), the key drivers of the policy are Safe Tourism, Infrastructure Development and Development of Special Tourism Areas (STAs).
Measures to ensure safety of female tourists
“Promote Safe Tourism by creating dedicated tourist police units/tourist patrols across key tourist destinations, implementing women-friendly measures to ensure the safety of female tourists, and leverage Tourism Friendly Index (TFI) to evaluate the safety standards of destinations. Additionally, CCTV surveillance at all tourist destinations will foster a safer and more welcoming environment for tourists,” as per the policy which will be effective for five years.
The 27 STAs include a waterfall circuit, a Buddhist circuit, eight STAs under Spiritual category, six under Heritage, eight under Eco and Wellness, three under Crafts.
Detailed framework
“This Policy also contains a detailed framework for Eco-Tourism, Medical & Wellness Tourism, Spiritual Tourism, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions) Tourism and Sports Tourism, to provide a complete experiential vision to every explorer,” as per the G.O.
Published – March 18, 2025 03:08 pm IST