Sir,
Tourism in the State has led to the development of the whole service industry including transportation, hospitality, camping, retail, horticulture, and in the SME (small and medium enterprises). The State is having three distinct regions, and these regions have to be looked distinctively. Each region has different perspectives, culture, language, people, tourist spots, etc.
It is quite essential to keep this in mind while formulating the policies, plans, etc. Tourism is the backbone of the State of Jammu & Kashmir as almost half of the economy depends upon tourism but there are no solid policies to engage the tourism professionals under different programs undertaken by the State Tourism Fepartment, JKTDC and different district development authorities. Moreover, the Government has been indifferent towards creating awareness among the people about significance of tourism as an important subject to be a part of the education at the high secondary and colleges level.
No necessary measure has been taken by the State Government till date in this connection. Even the subject is not in the list of competitive examination such as KAS and JKPSC. Therefore, due to these circumstances tourism professionals have got demoralized.
Yours etc…
Surinder Singh Mankotia
Bhawani Nagar,
Jammu
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