‘Haryana to provide 7,000 rooms for Games’

Union Tourism, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Selja on Saturday said that 7,000 rooms would be made available by Haryana Tourism in the National Capital Region during the Commonwealth Games 2010, out of which the construction work of 4,438 rooms had already been completed.

Inaugurating the first Gurgaon Tourism Mela -2009 organised by Haryana Tourism Mart in Gurgaon, Kumari Selja disclosed that the Tourism Department had started online reservation system to bring transparency and efficiency in the reservation of these rooms.

While lauding the efforts of the Haryana Government towards the ‘preparation’ for the Commonwealth Games, she said decision regarding proposal to set up two projects at Surajkund and Dundaheda would be taken soon.

The Central Government was ready to extend all possible help to Haryana to promote tourism, she added.

Haryana Tourism Minister O.P. Jain said that the development of the tourism sector was a priority area for the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led regime.

The State Government had announced its first Tourism Policy under which Tourism Development Council had been constituted for the planned development of this sector. Tourism and hotel projects had been given the status of industry so that this sector could get similar relaxations and incentives as other industries. Adventure tourism was also being developed besides heritage and religious tourism.

Haryana Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary Keshani Arora and Additional Secretary, Union Tourism Ministry Sanjay Kothari were also present.