- Another Zoo Park in Hyderabad
- Nature Wellness Center at Ananthagiri
- Health Hub in 1000 acres in the Fourth City
- Yadagirigutta Temple Board on the lines of TTD
- New Tourism policy to attract domestic and international tourists
- Reconstruction of Keesaragutta temple on the lines of Ramappa temple
- Special focus on Health, Eco, Temple Tourism
Hyderabad: Aiming to attract more domestic and international tourists, Chief Minister Sri A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to formulate a new Tourism Policy for the development of more tourist destinations in the Telangana state. The officials have been asked to study the tourism policies of other states which are ranked the best in the country in attracting the tourists and adopt the suitable policies from them for the state.
As part of the #SPEED (Smart Proactive Efficient and Effective Delivery) review, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy held a meeting with top officials on Tourism Development projects at the Secretariat today ( Friday) . State Tourism Minister Jpalli Krishna Rao, Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Patel Ramesh Reddy, Chief Secretary Shanthi Kumari, Tourism Principal Secretary Vani Prasad, Industries Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan. Revenue Secretary Sailaja Ramayyar, Endowments Commissioner Hanumantha Rao, Health Secretary Christiana , Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Dobrial and other senior officers of various departments participated in this meeting.
The high level meeting decided to formulate separate policies for the development of Temple Tourism, Eco Tourism and Health Tourism. The Chief Minister directed the officials to promote all the ancient temples, historical places, forest areas and medical facilities in the Telangana state as the most attractive destinations for tourism. The officials are instructed to introduce new tourism packages which includes transportation, accommodation and all the necessary facilities for tourists. The CM asked the Forest officials to explore the possibility of establishing safaris in the forest areas of Kawal Tiger Reserve and Amrabad and also construct cottages for overnight stays at some places. All the suitable areas for tourism will be identified and the officials of Tourism, Endowments and Forest Department jointly decide which project should be developed on a priority .
The CM emphasized that the development of infrastructure mainly Haritha Hotels and guest houses is not enough and its proper maintenance and management to attract the tourists should be given top priority. CM Revanth Reddy suggested that all the new projects should be taken up with government and private partnership and also made it clear that the promotion of tourism should help for the development of the state along with job creation.
The Chief minister announced that a new zoo park will be established outside Hyderabad in an area of about 1,000 acres. The zoo park will be developed with a variety of Animals and Birds from different areas. The development of urban forest will also be given priority in the tourism development. The establishment of Vanatara Wildlife Conservation center in 3,000 acres in Jamnagar by Anant Ambani was discussed in the meeting. The CM asked the officials to invite industrialists and organizations to set up such facilities in the state.
CM Revanth Reddy decided to use 200 acres of government land to develop Health Tourism at the natural forest area in Ananthagiri region. The meeting discussed setting up a Nature Wellness center on the lines of Jindal Nature Cure Institute in Bangalore.
The officials were asked to consult the representatives of Jindal company to develop a wellness centre and also invite noted organizations in the field of naturopathy to open their centers in the state.