The Haryana Government has planned to develop ancient cultural heritages, historical places and popular holy pilgrimages into tourist spots to draw tourists from all over the world, and enable them to keep a date with the State’s glorious past and rich cultural heritage.
The State Government has also chalked out a scheme to introduce adventure activities at Tikkar Tal in Morni, Surajkund in Faridabad and Damdama in Gurgaon, said Seema Trikha, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, while speaking at the Incredible India Tourism Investors' Summit 2016 in New Delhi on Thursday.
Delivering a presentation on possibilities of tourism in Haryana, Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Development Corporation, Sameer Pal Srow informed that Kurukshetra has been included under the ‘Swadesh Darshan Yojana’ of the Central Government.
Under this, Rs 17.30 crore would be spent on development of sites associated with the ‘Mahabharata’. With a view to encourage the units and people associated with the tourism field, the Haryana Government has declared tourism as an industry, he added.
At the conclave, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Abhilaksh likhi, said that Haryana Tourism was the first to introduce farm tourism in 2003 to attract tourists to villages and farms. Under this scheme, there are 18 registered farms near Delhi where special packages are available for tourists.
Besides, Haryana is leading in promoting various arts and folk arts by organising fairs and festivals. Haryana Tourism organises Surajkund Interna-tional Crafts Mela at Surajkund in Faridabad every year from February 1 to 15, he said.