A shop for selling handicrafts will be opened at the new Integrated Terminal of Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, officials informed.
Notably, as many as 7,777 foreign tourists visited Chhattisgarh during financial year 2014-15, as per data available with the Central government. The number of foreign tourist visits were 4,172 in 2012 and 3,886 in 2013.
The Union Ministry of Tourism compiles the data of foreign exchange earned through foreign tourists. The Ministry does not compile the data of earnings through domestic tourists. The Foreign Exchange Earnings (provisional) through Tourism in India during 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 were Rs 94,487 crore, Rs 1,07,671 crore, Rs 1,23,320 crore, and Rs 1,35,193 crore, respectively.
Meanwhile, it may be recalled that the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) will seek professional consultancy for executing its ongoing and new infrastructural works relating to tourism infrastructure development.
The work would also involve landscaping work, interior architectural work, renovation/repairing works etc.
The Architectural companies, partnership firms or
proprietorship firms selected would be assigned various tasks relating to Project Management Consultancy works as and when required which mainly includes but not limited to technical support, supervision, monitoring, quality control, timely execution of work, officials stated.
The selected firms will also take up study of existing/new sites/properties, drawing up of site and existing layout plan and do contour survey which will be the part of Concept plan among other work assigned to them.
A new State-of-art building for CTB have been proposed to be constructed at the premises of State-owned Hotel Johar Chhattisgarh near GE Road in Telibandha locality of Raipur.
Along with the CTB’s building, a State-of-art Convention Center would also be constructed in the premises, officials stated.