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.50 crores provided to take up new infrastructure as Karnataka has been adjudged the most visible tourist destination.  Rs.100 crores to set up a theme park in Hampi to commemorate the glory of Vijayanagar Empire.  Development of Hampi Rs. 10 crores.  Rs.250 crores allocation for Tourism Department. Budget Speech Tourism 164. Our State is blessed with natural resources, ancient monuments, temples and art & culture. In 2010-11, Karnataka Tourism was adjudged as the most visible Indian tourism destination at over 8 leading international travel trade fairs. To take up new infrastructure works, an amount of Rs.50 crore will be provided during 2011-12. 165. In 2010-11, the Department took up eco tourism project at Jogimatti in Chitradurga district, beautification of Sadanakeri at Dharwad and creation of tourist facilities at Malpe, Marawante, St. Marys Island and Gokarna. 166. A theme park is proposed to be set up in Hampi to commemorate 500 years of coronation of Sri Krishna Devaraya of Vijayanagar Empire and to revive glory of Vijayanagar Empire. An amount of Rs.100 crore will be provided for this purpose. Apart from this, an amount of Rs.10 crores will be provided for the development of the city of Hampi.

167. An allocation of Rs.250 Crore will be made during the year 2011-12 for Tourism. KARNATAKA BUDGET 2010-2011 HIGHLIGHTS Tourism An amount of Rs. 204 crore provided for development of tourism infrastructure in the State For promotion of tourism, entrepreneurs will be permitted to purchase up to 5 acres of agricultural land, at 100 selected tourist centres in the State for the construction of hotels. Concessional loan at the interest rate of 10% will be made available through Karnataka State Finance Corporation. Such enterprises will also be given VAT exemption for a period of 3 years. A theme park will be developed at a cost of Rs. 50 crore at the renowned world heritage site Hampi An amount of Rs. 5 crore will be provided for developing roads and infrastructure at the famous tourist place of Sringeri. Speech Tourism 286. An amount of Rs.204 crore is being provided in 201011 for development of tourism infrastructure in the State. Tourist spots will be developed in collaboration with the private sector, after preparing projects for integrated development, with necessary infrastructure for tourists at important tourist sites in every district 287. A theme park will be developed at a cost of Rs.50 crore at the renowned world heritage site Hampi to reflect the glorious traditions of the Vijayanagara empire.

288. An amount of Rs.5 crore will be provided for developing roads and infrastructure at the famous tourist place of Sringeri. 289. F o r p r omo t i o n o f t o u r i sm, i n d u s t r y wi l l b e permitted to purchase up to 5 acres of agricultural land, at 100 selected tourist centres in the State for construction of hotels. Concessional loan at the interest rate of 10 per cent will be made available through Karnataka State Finance Corporation. Such enterprises will also be given VAT exemption for a period of 3 years KARNATAKA BUDGET 2009-10 HIGHLIGHTS Tourism Rs.180 crores for Tourism Department. Rs. 10 crores for the development of Nandi Hills, Kemmannagundi and Kodachadri hill stations. Rs.5 Crore for development of Tagore beach in Karwar. Rs. 5 Crore for renovation of Brindavan garden in Krishnaraja Sagar. Speech Tourism 233. An amount of Rs.180 crore will be provided for supporting the development of tourism in the State in this years Budget. Infrastructure facilities of good quality will be developed under public private partnership at the important tourist places like Hampi, Badami, Pattadakal, Bijapur, Belur, Halebeedu, Somanathapura, Jog etc. 234. An amount of Rs.10 crore will be provided for the development of Nandi Hills, Kemmanagundi, Kodachadhri and other hill stations.

235. An amount of Rs.5 crore will be provided for development of Tagore Beach at Karwar. 236. An amount of Rs.5 crore will be provided for renovating the Brundavan Garden near Krishnaraja Sagar in Mandya District. 237. Kukarahalli tank in Mysore will be developed. An amount of Rs.2 crore will be provided for this. 238. Facilities for Night Safari at Bannerghatta near Bangalore will be developed with the required assistance. 239. An amount of Rs.2 crore will be provided for the construction of Yathrinivas at Sringeri, and an amount of Rs.1 crore will be provided for the development of Kigga Kshethra. 240. Shanthi Sagara lake in Channagiri Taluk will be developed as a tourist center with assistance of Rs.2 crore. Budget 2008-09 JULY Infrastructure Development 102. The State government has released its state support of Rs.295 crores and equity of Rs.48 crores to Bangalore International Airport Limited. All necessary steps are being taken to quickly improve road connectivity to the new airport. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been appointed as the advisor to implement the prestigious High Speed Rail Link Project on Public-Private-Partnership basis. 103. The Government is determined to develop In this industry and tourism in all parts of the state.

connection Rs.150 crores is being provided to develop airports in the year 2008-09. 104. For promoting usage of small airports in the

hotels and other facilities through private investments at various tourist places. 153. Tricentenary celebrations for the Gur-ta-Gaddi

state, a scheme will be formulated for partial refund of tax collected on Aviation Turbine Fuel filled at the small airports other than the airports in Bangalore and

are being organized at Nanded in Maharasthtra in October this year. A large number of pilgrims are expected to visit Jhera Gurudvara at Bidar during this period. For providing civic amenities in Bidar, in this connection an amount of Rs.25 crores will be provided. 154. A scheme will be formulated for the development of tourism around Mangalore Karnish through public private partnership. Rs. 1 crore will be provided for setting up

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Necessary land is being acquired to upgrade Hubli airport to international standard, and to expand Belgaum and Mangalore airports,

Steps are being taken to acquire additional land for the development of Mysore airport. Similarly the

airports at Bijapur, Gulbarga, Shimoga and Hassan will be developed on public-private-partnership

Vigyaneshwara Garden and Cultural Center at Marthur in Gulbarga district. Rs. 1 crore will be provided for the development of Kukkarahalli tank in Mysore HIGHLIGHT S OF KARNATAKAS BUDGET 2008 - 09 INFORMATION, TOURISM & YOUTH SERVICES " An allocation of Rs.205.41 crores is provided for Information, Tourism & Youth Services. Tourism infrastructure will be created on public private partnership model in important locations. Rs.20 crores is earmarked as the States share for the 12 programme. Rs.40 crores is also earmarked for maintenance and rejuvenation of existing tourist facilities. " An allocation of Rs.5 crores is earmarked for the conduct of National Youth Games in Bangalore. The existing

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To give impetus to tourism in the state, it is proposed to spend Rs.40 crores to develop 10 air strips at the cost of Rs.4 crores each in various districts which do not have airports.

Tourism 152. Action is being taken for improving basic such as transport and airports for

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development of tourism in the state. Development of good roads is essential for easy access of famous tourist spots. For this purpose Rs.30 crores will be provided this year. Efforts will be made for promoting the establishment of

programme of upgradation of taluk-level stadia will continue with an outlay of Rs.25 crores. " An outlay of Rs.143.59 crores is provided for Kannada and Culture including a special allocation of Rs.41 crores is also earmarked for promotion of Kannada and culture. This is in addition to Rs.12.50 crores provided for Heritage Conservation and Rs.1 crores each for reprint of important works in Kannada literature and conduct of Janapada Jatre -----------------------------------------------------------------Budget for the year 2007-08.Tourism: 194. Karnataka Tourism is on the fast track and

identified for supporting Public-Private tourism initiatives at Pattadakal, Belur, Marawante, Kodachadri, and Talkad. We are scouting for suitable lands at Hampi, Bijapur and Horanadu. This private-public partnership projects will be funded on the basis of viability gap funding and KSIIDC will be the nodal agency for establishment of these projects. In 07-08 I propose to allocate Rs. 50 crore for viability gap funding. 97. Our Government proposes to promote development of Aqua Marine park, golf club and ropeway between Tannir Bavi and Sultan Bateri at Mangalore on a PPP model. This work will be assigned to KSIIDC. For this purpose I propose to allocate Rs 20 crores in 2007-08 for viability gap funding. We need to develop our major hill stations at Nandi hills and Kemmanugundi on a PPP model.

tourism business has gained momentum. Compared to 2005-06 tourist arrivals to Karnataka has increased by 40%. 195. For promotion of tourism in our state my

I propose to allocate Rs. 25 crores for this purpose and the work of attracting private investor will be assigned to KSIIDC. We must take care to see that the serenity of our environment is not invaded and spoiled by tourism opportunities. 198. Male Mahadeshwara hills is a very important

Government has identified four tourists circuits; Belur-Halebid-Shravanabelagola-Madikeri-MysoreSrirangapatna-Somanathapura-Shimsa Shimoga-Thirthahalli-Agumbe-Jog-Mangalore Hampi-Badami-Ihole-Patadakallu-KoodalasangamaBijapur Mangalore-Udupi-Dharmasthala-Kollur-MaravanteMurudeshwara-Gokarna 196. In two places in each circuit our Government proposes to create tourist infrastructure through public private participation. Government lands have been

pilgrimage and a tourist destination. We propose to establish Janapada Adyayana Kendra at Chamarajanagar and for this I propose to allocate Rs 5 crores for this purpose. ( New para Vishu) 199. To improve connectivity, 6 airports and 22 helipads are being developed.

200. Hampi Master Development plan has been developed in partnership with UNESCO. During 2007-08 in partnership with UNESCO we propose to identify ancestral homes at Belur and Halebidu to develop them into boutique hotels. 201. I propose to allocate Rs. 148 crores for development of Tourism during 2007-08 and this will give big boost to State Tourism.

Expert Committee for effective management of

temple Construction of 300 new rooms at Thirupathi to be

undertaken. Karnataka Samskruti Samrakshana Pradhikara to

renovate and protect temples symbolic of our culture and use it for development of tourism. Basavakalyana to be developed at a cost of Rs.20

Crores. Basvanna Bagevadi, to be developed by HIGHLIGHTS OF KARNATAKA BUDGET 2006-07 REVENUE ENDOWMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY All encroachment of revenue lands in rural areas for agricultural purpose except for forestlands and gomal lands upto a limit of 2 hectares to be regularized Bhoomi to be extended to 740 hoblis all over the Koodalasangama Abhivrudhi Pradhikara Construction of 30 new Mini Vidhana Soudha to be

taken up. TOURISM  Tourist infrastructure of world class at affordable rates is to be developed at important tourist destinations. Rs.40 Cr allocated for the same Speech Increased support in the budget to tourism development. There are hundreds of heritage temples in Karnataka. Our Government has decided to renovate and protect these temples which are symbolic of our culture and use it for development of tourism. For this purpose I would like to constitute Karnataka Samskruti Samrakshana Pradhikara. Assistance would be availed from Central Government and International Institutions like UNESCO and the funds would be used for conservation of these heritage temples. Bhoganandeshwara Temple near Nandi Hills, Udutadi the

State. Destitute widows and disabled persons monthly Rs. 20 Crores provided under National Family An assistance of Rs.1,000 for performing the last Crop compensation given for crop losses under

pension to be increased to Rs.200 per month. Benefit Scheme

rites of a person who is from a BPL family.

natural calamities to be doubled. Aradhana Scheme assistance to be doubled. Tasdik Allowance and Annuity to be doubled with

a minimum of Rs. 500.

birth place of Akkamahadevi, Balligavi the birth place of Sri Allama Prabhu, etc. would be conserved. For this work which will be taken up through Revenue Department, I have earmarked Rs. 5 Crores. 74. On the lines of Kudalasangama, Basavakalyana, the historical place where Sri Jagajyothi Sri Basaveshwara enlightened the society, will also be developed at a cost of Rs.20 Crores. Basvana Bagevadi, the birth place of Sri Basaveshwara will be developed by entrusting it to Koodalasangama Abhivrudhi Pradhikara. 75. For development of Kaginele Kanakapeeta I

experience with a ruler in Dubai has conveyed to us that development of tourism does not mean mere development of the places of interest. It means a comprehensive

development plan to meet multiple requirements. We have to ensure that tourism emerges as a very important source of livelihood. 151. First of all we need friendly and professional tour

operators They must have proficiency in different languages and should be well versed in culture and history. To develop this new cadre I propose to allocate Rs 5 crores. The department of tourism will take steps to encourage establishment of courses at University level in the area of Tourism. 152. Tourist infrastructure of world class at affordable

propose to allocate Rs.3 Crores. 76. In memory of famous Vachanakara Sri Devara Dasimayya a chair would be established at Kannada University, Hampi. 77. For the convenience of pilgrims from Karnataka

rates are to be developed at important tourist destinations like Kemmanugundi, Nandi Betta, Kodachadri, Jogfalls, Bellary Fort, Pattadakallu, Chitradurga, Hampi and other places. Apart from information to tourists, attractions like sound and light programmes are to be developed. Increased tourist arrivals will provide opportunities to the local youth. For these purposes, I propose to allocate Rs 40 crores.

who propose to visit Manasa Sarovara, an amount of Rs.25 lakhs is being provided. 78. Construction of 13 new Mini Vidhana Soudha

will be taken up. For this purpose I have allocated Rs.6 Crores. 79. For construction of Sub Registrar Offices,

Sufficient publicity has to be provided for Tourism sector. I propose to allocate Rs 5 crores for this purpose. 53. School excursions are not merely educational but

I propose to allocate Rs.2 Crores. Tourism 150. This is the year of Suvarna Karnataka.

will help in overall development of children. Hence, our Government will give special emphasis to excursions to tourist places by school children.

Karnataka has a number of places of tourist attraction. His Excellency The President of India while narrating his