With an impetus to take Uttar Pradesh on top of the tourist destinations in the country, the Yogi Adityanath Government has approved a new UP tourism policy 2018 which targets to generate 5 lakh jobs annually by investing Rs 5,000 crore per year for the next five years.
The new policy will also target to achieve an annual increase of 15 per cent domestic tourists and 10 per cent foreign tourists arrival in the State.
Announcing the new policy, State Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said on Monday that the new policy grants the status of industry to all the activities of the tourism sector, the policy will remain in force for five years. Besides the new policy will target one lakh additional tourists to national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the State and to convert 10 heritage buildingsto heritage hotels per year.