New
Delhi / Port Blair, Nov 13: The UT Administration of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands organized a pre-application conference for four eco-tourism projects in
Andaman in Long Island, Smith Island, Aves Island and Saheed Dweep and three
eco-tourism projects in Lakshadweep in Minicoy Island, Suheli Island and Kadmat
Island, today in New Delhi at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra. After a detailed feasibility
study and investor's consultations over a period of one year, Request for
Qualification (RFQ) documents of these eco-tourism projects were issued for PPP
procurement in the month of October 2019.
The
overwhelming response for the pre-application conference indicates huge
interest for the projects among potential investors. Some of the potential
investors and stakeholders present in today's conference are Oberoi Group, Taj
Group of Hotels, ITC Hotels, Park Hotels, Royal Orchid, Bird Group of Hotels, Marriot,
Indiabulls, J M Baxi Group, Girish Arora of Andaman Chambers of Commerce &
Industries, Youth Chamber of Commerce & Industry. The Austrian Ambassador,
H.E. Mrs. Brigitte Oppinger-Walchshofer was also present in the conference.
The
CEO of NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant, Shri Chetan B. Sanghi, Chief Secretary of
Andaman & Nicobar UT and Shri S. Asker Ali, MD, SPORTS, Lakshadweep
presented project propositions and interacted with stakeholders during the
conference. It was clearly emphasized by NITI Aayog and respective UT
Administrations that the objective is to create high end tourism destinations
in an environmentally sustainable manner so that the ecology of the islands is
fully protected. It was also emphasized that tourism activities in those
islands will be governed by carrying capacity of the islands estimated by the
government.
The
applications for the projects are due in December 2019. It is expected that
renewed international and domestic investors will participate in these unique
and exclusive island development projects.
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