A committee comprising officials from the shipping and tourism ministries will be set up to explore possibilities to promote coastal tourism, the government said on Thursday.
The decision was taken at a meeting between Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel here on Wednesday.
The two ministers emphasised on the need to promote important tourist destinations in the coastal areas of the country, the shipping ministry said in a statement.
"It was decided in the meeting to set up a committee of senior officials of the two Ministries to explore the avenues for coastal tourism in the country and work out ways to promote the same.
"It was also decided to explore the possibilities and opportunities in the areas of Coastal Tourism, Cruise Tourism, Sea Sports, Light House Viewing Gallery," it said.
It was suggested that every coastal area can create a calendar of events for tourist engagement, with activities like beach volleyball, sand art, food festivals and dances of the fishing community, the statement said.
These new, unexplored tourism areas will open a door to coastal communities of the maritime states where they will find many new and diverse job opportunities.
In the coming years, coastal and maritime tourism will be a source for growth and job creation in the coastal states of India, it added.
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