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FARM STAYS IN FOCUS TO RESHAPE TOURISM IN PUNJAB, SAYS SOND

November 27, 2024 10:54 PM
FARM STAYS IN FOCUS TO RESHAPE TOURISM IN PUNJAB, SAYS SOND

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Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/ New Delhi, November 27-

Punjab is rapidly transforming into a farm tourism hub across the country as the Farm Tourism Policy has been reshaping the tourism in the state, said Tarunpreet Singh Sond, cabinet minister of Punjab here on Wednesday.

Addressing the Punjab Day celebrations at the India International Trade Fair (IITF), 2024 organised at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi,Sond highlighted the CM Bhagwant Singh Mann led state government's initiatives to promote tourism and significant steps taken for the overall development to make the state “Rangla Punjab”.

He said that Punjab Government has been making concerted efforts to develop farm, rural and agro-tourism at a large scale. As a result of these efforts, the village Hansali in the Fatehgarh Sahib district was awarded the title of Best Village of India in September this year.

He said that farm tourism has been proving beneficial in strengthening the local economy and increasing farmers' income, thereby creating new opportunities for tourism.

 

 

 

 

 
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