Rajasthan inks MoUs worth Rs 586.29 cr in tourism sector

The Rajasthan government today signed 55 MoUs worth Rs 586.29 crores with a number of companies to promote tourism industry and create over 5,000 new jobs in the state in near future.
Principal Secretary Tourism Shailendra Agarwal and Director of Tourism department Anil Kumar Chaplot signed the MOUs with the companies based in state in presence of Rajasthan Minister of State for Tourism Krishnendra Kaur at a conference organised at Khasa Kothi here.
Kaur said these MoUs were signed as a follow up to the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit organised by the state government in November last year.
"The department has signed a total of 221 MoUs worth Rs 10,407.94 crore during and after the summit, which will create employment for 40,765 people in the state," she said.

Twenty of them worth Rs 1,174 crore were signed under the tourism sector in presence of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Kaur said.
Tourism department will facilitate the projects to get the clearance or certification if required to the partners, the Minister said.

Agarwal said the MoUs would be implemented in next two to three years and projects ranged from hotels, motels, resorts, museum and amusement parks.
On completion of these projects, RTDC run accommodations would be able to meet the increasing influx of tourists, he said, adding 5,392 people would get jobs in the tourism sector.
The proposal received for the projects covering 55 MoU are spread in all districts including Alwar, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bhilwara, Sirohi, Rajasamand, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Jhunjhunu, Hanumangar, Pali, Jalore and Sriganganagar, the Principal Secretary said.