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UP govt developing and promoting lesser known tourism destinations: Minister Jaiveer Singh

Lucknow, May 21 (UNI) Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh on Wednesday said the Uttar Pradesh government is working towards comprehensive tourism development across the state under which lesser-known destinations in each assembly constituency are being brought into the spotlight on the tourism map.
The Minister said that in the past two years, a total of 61 projects have been sanctioned under the Chief Minister Tourism Development Partnership Scheme, with a cumulative allocation of over Rs.134.57 crore.
He said the state government is consistently striving to give new direction to tourism development in the state.
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