Saturday, January 5, 2008

Uttarakhand Tourism Office In The City

Minister for information and public relations and tourism Mr. Anam Ramanarayana Reddy today announced about setting up of a office of Uttarakhand state tourism department here in the city to facilitate state tourists to visit above place (Uttarakhand).

According to a press release here, Uttarakhand Minister for tourism and endowment Mr. Prakash Panth met Mr. Anam Ramanarayana Reddy at secretariat here. They discussed about having tourism relations between the two states. Mr. Reddy informed the visiting dignitary about the problems faced by the state's tourists during their visit to religious places like Manasa Sarowar, Haridwar etc.

He urged for setting up a tourist office of Uttarakhand in the city to avert problems of the pilgrims of the state. "Andhra Pradesh stood at number one position in respect of tourism sector. The number of visitors to the state has been increasing year after year. About 11.5 crores visitors from various parts of the country and another six lakh foreign visitors have come to the state during 2006", he informed.

Mr. Prakash Panth explained about the services offered by the Uttarakhand Government to the tourists coming from within and outside India. He thanked Mr. Anam Ramanarayana Reddy for giving permission to set up their state's tourist office in the state.

Principal secretary to tourism Mr. G. Sudheer, director of cultural affairs Mr. R. Kavitha Prasad were also present.

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