Heritage and Eco-Tourism Projects in Gujarat

The development, promotion and implementation of tourism projects including the projects relating to conservation of heritage & eco–tourism, are primarily undertaken by the State Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations themselves. The Ministry of Tourism however, provides Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for tourism projects, identified in consultation with them, subject to availability of funds and inter-se-priority under various schemes of the Ministry.
The Ministry of Tourism has neither prioritized nor received any proposal for the development of ‘Holiday Camp Island’ under the Product, Infrastructure and Destination Development Scheme from the State Government of Gujarat for Central Financial Assistance during the current financial year, 2010-11 and last two years i.e. 2008-09 and 2009-10. However, the amount sanctioned and released to the Government of Gujarat for development of tourism in the State during the last two years is as under:

Year
Amount Sanctioned
(Rs. in crore)
Amount Released
(Rs. in crore)

2008-09
21.33
14.65

2009-10
7.33
3.93

This information was given by Shri Sultan Ahmed, Minister of State for Tourism in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.