Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said a number of projects under public-private partnership (PPP) mode have been taken up for the promotion of tourism in the state.
The state government had introduced a dedicated policy in 2008 for promoting tourism in Haryana, the CM said at the second convention of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI) in Gurgaon today.
Projects proposed to be taken up under PPP mode include an amusement park at Tilyar Lake in Rohtak, heritage hotel in the forts of Mahendergarh and an integrated tourist resort at Madhogarh, an official release quoting Hooda said.
A new Institute of hotel management is being set up in Bhamboli village in Yamuna Nagar and is likely to be inaugurated in 2015, it said.
The state government has commissioned convention centres at Surajkund, Tilyar Lake, Rohtak and Bhiwani and the work for the same at Hodal and Dharuhera has also been completed.
An ultra-modern convention centre will also be opened for tourists at Red Bishop Tourist Complex, Panchkula in December this year, the release said.
Furthermore, State Institutes of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition were set up at Jyotisar, Kurukshetra and Tilyar Lake in Rohtak.
The government has also upgraded the existing food craft institutes at Faridabad and Panipat to State Institutes of Hotel Management, it said.
