"Andhra Pradesh has several monument buildings, temples and 900-km of coast area, which attract large number of foreign tourist. And hence the state has several opportunities in tourism sector," Raju said at a programme here to mark the national tourism day yesterday.
"Development of the tourist spots, will create employment opportunities to large number of people besides earning foreign exchange to a great extent.
"Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore had concentrated on tourism sector attracting large number of tourists and are earning huge foreign exchange", he added.