Dehradun: Around half a dozen places of tourist interest in the city and many others across Uttarakhand will be developed to attract visitors and give the much needed boost to tourism sector which took a beating in the recent natural calamity in the state.
Attractions in Dehradun like Assan Barrage, Tiger Falls, Lakhmandal Temple, Hanol Temple, Vriksha Samadhi and Adventure Sports Centre will be developed to attract tourists, officials said, citing decisions taken at a meeting of the Second State Level Empowered Committee of Infrastructure Development and Investment Programme for Tourism yesterday.
The other destinations to be developed are tourists home in Bhimtal, a Trekking Trail from Naikuchiyatal, Pithoragarh to Chandak, Mastamanu Temple, Pithoragarh fort and Adventure Sports Centre.
A tourism site will be established at Corbett's northern edge in Kotdwar, an adventure sports destination in Tehri Lake and Ganga Canal in Haridwar, while beautification of Jagjitpur would be taken up.
These decisions were taken at a meeting presided by chief secretary Subhash Kumar.
Separate meetings will be held with officers of forest department for beautification and development of tourist destinations falling in the vicinity of the forest area.
