The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Eastern Region has formed a special 20-member tourism committee of officials from the tourism department in a bid to boost tourism in the eastern part of the country and promote an integrated Eastern India tourism corridor comprising five states-West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chattisgarh. According to a report in Business Standard, the special tourism committee has come out with a comparative analysis study called ‘Vision Tourism’ which outlines the potential and prospects of Eastern India, a comparative analysis between these states based on tax structure, tourism potential, infrastructure, budget allocation, connectivity, best practices, skill website updation, online booking facilities etc.
The study found that in terms of tourism budget, Jharkhand ranks the highest with Rs 160 crore, compared to West Bengal's Rs 31 crore, Orissa Rs 44 crore, Bihar Rs 25 crore and Chattisgarh Rs 50 crore. However, in terms of publicity budget, West Bengal spends the highest at Rs 11 crore annually |