TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS - December 2019
Dec 2019
Dec 07, 2019
Statue of Unity Beats Statue of Liberty
In just over a year of its unveiling, the Statue of Unity surpassed the footfall at the 133-year-old Statue of Liberty in the US, with an average of over 15,000 tourists visiting the monument in Gujarat daily.
With 74% increase over the daily average of the first year, that is, November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019 the daily average of 15,036 is now registered in the first month of this second year. This has further increased to 22,430 on weekend days. The Statue of Liberty of New York, United States, attracts around 10,000 visitors a day.
Dec 06, 2019
Union Cabinet Approves Land Monetisation at Pragati Maidan to Build a Five-star Hotel
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the plan and authorised India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) to transfer 3.7 acres of land at Pragati Maidan on a 99-year fixed leasehold basis at a price of INR 611 crore in favour of the SPV, which will be formed by India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for development and operation of a five-star hotel.
The implementation of the International Exhibition and Convention Centre (IECC) project is in full swing and is scheduled to be completed in the year 2020-21.
In order to ensure completion of the hotel project at Pragati Maidan in a fast track mode, the SPV will take necessary steps including selecting a suitable developer and operator third party through a transparent competitive bidding process to construct, run and manage (directly or through a professional brand) the hotel on a long-term fixed lease basis.