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Foreign tourist arrivals rose from 200000 in January last year to 800000 the same month in 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday and added the government is working on a holistic plan to develop destinations to boost the tourism sector.
“Coastal tourism, beach tourism, mangrove tourism, Himalayan tourism, adventure tourism, wildlife tourism, ecotourism, heritage tourism, spiritual tourism, wedding destinations, tourism via conferences, and sports tourism have great potential for development,” he said at the seventh post-budget webinar titled “Developing Tourism in Mission Mode”. Modi said these webinars work as a catalyst in achieving the goals set in the budget.
