India, Aug. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Ministry of Tourism launched its Swadesh Darshan scheme (SDS) in 2014-15 with the idea to develop thematic tourism circuits in the country. The Ministry carried out a detailed review of the scheme and identified the following areas for improvement:
* Broad basing of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee
* State level institutional structure for the scheme
* Strategic selection of destinations
* Detailed benchmarking and gap analysis of destination
* Focus on both hard and soft interventions
* Strengthen for project implementation and monitoring
* Operation and maintenance on sustainable basis
* Promotion & marketing of destinations
* Impact asse...