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'Promote Himalayas as tourist destination'

Tourism experts suggest the government should make concrete efforts to draw more tourists to the Himalayas. For this, the infrastructure in the region needs to be improved.The Himalayas need to be promoted robustly as an

IANS Updated on: July 04, 2013 8:19 IST


We need to promote the Himalayas to boost adventure tourism," said Akshay Kumar, president, Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI).

"Around 70 per cent of the Himalayas are in India and not Nepal," he added.

According to experts, there was an urgent need to build air strips in remote Himalayan locations and kick-start air services so as to ease access to the region.

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