India, Feb. 1 -- Union Budget 2025-26 has identified tourism as a sector for employment-led growth and proposed to develop 50 top domestic tourismdestinations.

Presenting Budget in Parliament on Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that facilitating employment-led growth include organizing intensive skill-development programmes for youth including hospitality management, MUDRA loans for homestays, improving ease of travel and connectivity to tourist destinations, introducing streamlined e-visa facilities and providing performance-linked incentives to states.

She said that top 50 tourist destination sites in the country will be developed in partnership with states through a challenge mode.

Minister said that emphasis on pl...