Union Minister of Tourism G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that with an extended coastline of 7500 km and home to large rivers, India has immense growth potential in the cruise industry. The minister, while speaking at the G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Goa, said: "With an extended coastline of 7500 km and home to large rivers, India has immense growth potential in the cruise industry.
Our government is dedicated to developing infrastructure for ports, domestic and international cruise terminals." The concluding and last G20 Tourism Working Group meeting along with the Tourism Ministerial Meeting began on Monday in Goa.
The minister said that the government is trying to harness the power of tourism to boost coastal tourism, beach tourism, light-house tourism and cruise tourism. "India is one of the potential cruise tourism destinations with many of its best tourist destinations yet to be disclosed to the world," he said.
He said that the government is planning to establish youth tourism clubs in all educational institutes. "These clubs will promote responsible tourism practices," he said.