Govt needs to complement intent with concrete roadmap to boost tourism

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Despite being blessed with a vast network of tourist destinations, ranging from picture-perfect landscapes to heritage sites, tourism potential in India remains largely untapped.Being a highly labour-intensive sector, the tourism sector can generate large-scale, good-quality employment. According to the ‘Report on Working Group on Tourism’, the travel and tourism sector was projected to generate 780 jobs in India per Rs 1 crore of investment compared to 450 jobs in the manufacturing sector for a similar investment. Fully understanding the tourism sector’s role in India’s growth story, Budget 2023-24 has also laid a big emphasis on the tourism sector and talked