On February 27, Gujarat will complete the first year of Godhra carnage and the tourism sector is yet to be improve to its fortunes. The communal carnage has compounded the problem of the already sluggish tourism industry.
Lots of committees and policies were formulated by the government to boost tourism but besides business travellers, Gujarat still remains the last choice for the visitors from other parts of the country and abroad.
The earthquake on January 26, 2000 put a complete halt on incoming tourists for two years, still people managed to come out from their initial trauma and fear about earthquake in Gujarat.
Even as the private tour operators started gearing up for a good run in their businesses, Godhra incident and then the elections, once again, dented fortunes.
Even the pride of the state
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