India aims to develop 78 maritime tourism landmarks, says PM Modi
Times of IndiaTIMESOFINDIA.COM|TRAVEL NEWS, INDIA Created : Mar 3, 2021, 20:34 IST
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurating the Maritime India Summit 2021 through video conferencing. In the conference, the PM asserted that his government is planning to invest in port and waterways infrastructure and that the Ministry of Port Shipping and Waterways has created a list of 400 investable projects.
Elaborating more on the country’s long coastline, the PM said that the coastlines here have potential to become tourism hubs. The Indian government is planning to develop landmark destinations around the lighthouses across the coastline and the country has 189 such lighthouses.