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Project detail:
The project aims to strengthen tourism-related service delivery, promote local employment, and support sustainable economic development across selected tourism destinations in Jammu and Kashmir. It will focus on integrated tourism planning, destination management, tourism circuits, and area-based investments to improve tourist facilities and services for local communities. Activities include upgrading tourism infrastructure and public amenities, improving service delivery and climate resilience, encouraging private-sector investment, and connecting tourism with handicrafts, adventure tourism, and wellness activities. The project is also intended to improve local livelihoods, create better-paid jobs for women and youth, and strengthen local economic opportunities. The project has three components: strategic tourism planning and local economic development, service delivery for growth and local jobs, and project management. Specific production capacity or physical project area is not provided.
Project Cost: US$ 575 million (total operation cost). World Bank financing: US$ 402 million; counterpart funding: US$ 173 million.
Note: please download project document attached to this project for more information.
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