According to a PTI report, the Jammu and Kashmir government has favoured more private sector investment for developing tourism infrastructure in the state. At a seminar on tourism organised recently in Katra, Jammu, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Tourism Minister, Jammu and Kashmir said that the private sector could invest in transport, construction of rest houses and even road networks. “For over 50 years the state government took on itself the burden to harness the tourism potential and build it but now the responsibility should be shared as is the case in the developed countries,” stated Jora, adding that, focus must be on developing the infrastructure in tourism circuits of state. The Minister said Katra has emerged as an example for others on how to promote Pilgrim Tourism but opined that the place needs to be further streamlined by advancing greater facilities. |