Current Affairs 13

Himachal voted Favourite Summer Destination

Himachal Pradesh has been voted as 'The Favourite Summer Destination' by a survey conducted by a magazine.

This survey was conducted throughout the country and was an authoritative benchmark of the consumers' preferences in travel 1 and tourism across 18 categories including hotels, airlines and I hotel, holiday destinations.

The contribution of tourism sector towards GDP had increased from around 7 percent in 2011 to the present level of 10 percent. Himachal has become the first state to link the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with the development of tourism infrastructure in the rural areas. The state developed 12 rural circuits last year and rural tourism activities had been undertaken in 64 villages.


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