Bihar

• 03 Nov 2022

160 Tourist Places to be Developed in Bihar in Three Years

Why In News?

• On November 2, 2022, the Tourism Department of Bihar has decided to increase the facilities in the routes of all the tourism circuits of the state. Under this, 160 tourist destinations will be developed in 3 years.

Key Points

• The Tourism Department will provide all kinds of online facilities including accommodation and entertainment to the tourists on the way to all the tourist places of the state.
• In the year 2019, the total number of domestic and foreign tourists in Bihar was 3.51 crore, while in the year 2022, till August, more than 84 lakh domestic and more than 12 thousand foreign tourists have come.
• The Tourism Department has prepared four models - premium route facility, standard route facility, basic route facility and existing route facility to increase the facilities of the routes of tourist places.
• Under the premium road facility, premium facilities will be developed over a distance of 50 km in about one and a half acres of land.
• On the other hand, under the standard road facility, standard facilities will be provided at a distance of 30 km in one acre of land.
• Basic road facility will be developed over a distance of 30 km, for which 7500 square feet of land will be used.
• The last existing road facilities will be further improved. 160 centers will be set up under these four models, with a maximum increase of 10%.
• To develop public facilities, the tourism department will give 10, 20, 35 and 50 lakh rupees or 50 percent grant to the investors.