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In the northwest corner of the country, Punjab is bound to the west of Pakistan, north of Jammu and Kashmir, on the
north-east by Himachal Pradesh, and south by Haryana and Rajasthan.Punjab is recognized as the granary of India and enjoy
them , a relatively high per capita income. However, the government must infuse additional resources for a balanced
development. Tourism, international and national, offers the best prospect for the support of the state both in the short
term and earn over the long haul essential part of the revenue necessary to meet requirements of the state. It must be
acknowledged that tourism not only creates jobs, it creates also used upgrade human skills and infrastructure for tourism
from all other sectors of the economy. Therefore, the development of tourism must be considered in isolation, and the state
must adopt an integrated approach to their development.
As tourism is a composite sector is continuing its participation in the development of the various agencies and requires the
cooperation and coordination at other levels. The State recognizes that uncontrolled development of tourism not only damage
our cultural heritage but also our social and cultural values. Therefore, the government would introduce such legislation for
an orderly and controlled development of tourism and the promotion of the culture of Punjab.
The state government has announced a new tourism policy to develop tourism as a major industry of Punjab, from management and
the organizational and strategic direction to improve the quality of the tourism product, to develop places of tourist
interest, the facilities necessary for all types of tourists and pilgrims have to market them worldwide to Punjab Tourism
products and to create domestic jobs, and to the economy, environment, social and cultural benefit of our citizens with the
following objectives to achieve the desired results envisaged in the document.
The state has a large number of places of tourist interest, some of which Golden Temple, Durgiana Mandir in Amritsar Amritsar
include Kesgarh Sahib and Takhat Sri Khalsa Heritage Complex at Anandpur Sahib, Bhakra Dam, Qila Androon and Moti Bagh Palace
at Patiala, Wetland on Harik Pattan Sanghol for archaeological importance and Chattbir zoo Mugher. Complex at Aam Khas Bagh
and Rauza Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, on the graves of Afghan rules, sodales temple at Jalandhar commemorative Maharishi Balmiki
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