AP Tourism, ITRHD to work jointly on rural tourism

Under rural tourism, the state plans to utilise the cultural heritage and traditional assets of villages

The Andhra Pradesh tourism department and the Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) would soon sign a MoU to jointly work out rural tourism and its implementation in the state, said Chandana Khan, special chief secretary (tourism).

In this regard, the state tourism department has identified several locations in Krishna district, tribal belts of Srikakulam and Adilabad for implementing pilot projects in rural tourism, she said at the inaugural session of the three-day national workshop on ‘Rural tourism models in India - Experiences and possibilities’ in Hyderabad.

The state plans to utilise the cultural heritage and traditional assets of villages to foster sustained economic development and livelihood enhancement. In India, the concept was put to fore by the ITRHD.