UP pro-poor tourism project reviewed

Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today took stock of the World Bank aided Pro-poor Tourism Development project for Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma held a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Tourism Secretary Amrit Abhijat along with the World Bank team, which is developing a Pro-poor Tourism Development Project in Uttar Pradesh, a press release here said.
Briefing the meeting on the activities planned for the project and its current status, he said the project is being developed with the help of international level experts.
The project aims to contribute to improve the living conditions and increasing income opportunities for poor through enhanced tourism development in selected destinations in the Buddhist Circuit, Braj region and Agra.

It will leverage resources through advisory and technical assistance and financing for institutional strengthening, asset rehabilitation, infrastructure and services along the Buddhist Circuit and Braj Agra Corridor, the release said.
Union Tourism Secretary Lalit Panwar and senior officers of the Ministry of Tourism were present at the meeting.