To offer an experience of the culture and heritage of Himachal Pradesh, the State Cabinet on Wednesday approved the ‘Himachal Pradesh Heritage Tourism Policy’- 2017.
The policy aims to preserve the heritage buildings, forts, palaces, lodges, mansions etc. having historic lineage spanning from princely States to British Raj times and to make them maintainable in a sustained manner. This would open new areas in the State for tourism activities, officials said.
The policy envisages offering the tourists a glimpse of historical and cultural heritage of HP and first hand experiencing of lifestyles and traditions from the times of princely States and also the architectural grandeur of British times.
The Cabinet meeting, presided by chief minister Virbhadra Singh also approved to exempt the token tax on tractors used for agriculture purpose. It also removed the condition of minimum one-hectare land for acquiring the tractors for agriculture purpose and recovery of arrears of token tax has been stayed till further directions.