Tourist Facilitation Centre in Kerala

Published on November 07, 2020

Current Context: The ‘Tourist Facilitation Centre’ was inaugurated at Guruvayur, Kerala.

• The inauguration was done by Union Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel. 
• The ‘Tourist Facilitation Centre’ is constructed under the “Development of Guruvayur” project of PRASAD Scheme, which is the scheme of the Ministry of Tourism.
• The center is constructed at a cost of Rs 11.57 crores. 
• The centre is comprised of CCTV Network infrastructure, multi-level car parking and tourist amenities centre.

PRASAD Scheme: Its full form is Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive. It was launched by the Ministry of Tourism in 2014-15. The objective of the scheme is to perform integrated development of identified pilgrim and heritage destinations in India. 

CM of Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

Governor of Kerala: Arif Mohammad Khan

Source: The Hindu, Indian Express

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