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Exclusive tourist package for NRIs on anvil
In a move aimed at boosting the tourism industry, the Telangana government will come up with an exclusive package for NRIs to attract their friends and acquaintances in foreign countries to visit the youngest State. Tourism Secretary B Venkatesham said the package was expected to be launched in the second or third week of next month.
Hyderabad: In a move aimed at boosting the tourism industry, the Telangana government will come up with an exclusive package for NRIs to attract their friends and acquaintances in foreign countries to visit the youngest State. Tourism Secretary B Venkatesham said the package was expected to be launched in the second or third week of next month.
“This package will be exclusively available for NRIs (from Telangana) to send it to their friends and known acquaintances in that country. So, it’s like they will be visiting Telangana as personal guest of that NRI so that we can do without much of advertising. We will be getting around three to four lakh NRI foreign tourists per year.
It’s a big number,” he told the agencies here. Venkatesham said the government also planned to host an NRI Day in October-November. Officials said an estimated 30,000 Telangana NRIs were expected to participate in it, adding that Telangana NRI associations are active in many countries including the USA, the UK, South Africa and Bahrain.
The Tourism Department also plans to come out with ‘Hyderabad Pass’ on the lines of ‘London Pass’ next month. “All details are being worked out. Now, we are looking at the budget; how much we can subsidise,” he said. Officials said ‘Hyderabad Pass’ is expected to give hassle-free access to tourists in key destinations, among other features, details of which were being finalised. Venkatesham said Telangana was positioning itself as a place to visit ‘for all reasons and all seasons’.
“Telangana is one of the most ancient inhabited places in India. So, if you go to history, we are one of the oldest, but we are the newly formed State. We have enthusiasm of the youngest person, but at the same time, experience of the oldest person,” he said. Our USP (unique selling proposition) is: You visit for all reasons, and all seasons. It’s mini-India. If you want to visit one city in India, come to Hyderabad. If you want to visit one State, come to Telangana. You will get everything of India in one city if you come to Hyderabad,” Venkatesham said.
The department is in the process of making a calendar of events, including lake festival. The experience that tourists get in some other parts of the world like seaplane, para-motoring and para-sailing would be made available in the State. According to him, Hyderabad is being promoted as the ‘most happening city’ in the country. “We are trying to source international events. Anything happening for the first time in India would be in Hyderabad. If anything happening big in India, it should happen in Hyderabad,” Venkatesham added
