Unlike Bengaluru and Mumbai, that are most vibrant cities through the night time, Mangaluru has no nightlife to entertain the youth. “The tourism potential of the coastal cities can be exploited by promoting entertainment activities during the night,” stated Deputy Chief Minister D. Ok. Shivakumar
“Mangalore city is dead after 7 p.m. No one comes out of their houses after 7 p.m. There are no entertainment activities in the night, except Yakshagana and temple festivals,” Mr Shivakumar informed Byndoor MLA Gururaj Shetty Gantihole (BJP) throughout Question Hour in the legislative Assembly on March 4.
The coastal area of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have big tourism potential owing to huge pure sources. Lakhs of individuals embark on temple tourism, seaside tourism, well being and schooling tourism in the area. But there aren’t any actions through the night time to entertain younger minds, he stated. “In fact, most of the city bus operators shut operations in Mangaluru city after 8 p.m. This has caused a lot of inconvenience to commuters.”
The Deputy Chief Minister stated {that a} separate assembly of legislators of the coastal area would be referred to as to advertise leisure actions throughout night time and tourism in the area.
Earlier, Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism Minister H. Ok. Patil stated near eight crore folks from completely different components of Karnataka and nation tour the three coastal districts yearly. A lot of faculties and academic establishments undertake instructional excursions in the coastal area and go to temples in Kolluru, Udupi, Dharmasthala and Horanadu the place temple managements have been providing annadana (free meals).
Mr. Patil stated tenders have been invited to advertise funding in tourism in the coastal area.
He stated that the brand new tourism coverage has taken a number of measures to advertise coastal tourism in the State. A complete of 40 nodes, or tourism centres, have been proposed between Karwar and Mangaluru, as a part of a drive to develop tourism alongside the 320 km shoreline of Karnataka. Spread throughout Dakshina Kannada (4), Udupi (17) and Uttara Kannada (19) districts, the nodes will be developed with non-public partnership as hubs alongside the traces of comparable locations in Goa.
Mr Gantihole complained of lack of streetlights on Maravanthe seaside. He informed the federal government to make efforts to switch guidelines associated to particular financial zones to advertise tourism in the area. Rules have been modified in Goa and Maharashtra, however no such effort has been made in Karnataka, the BJP member stated.
Harish Poonja (BJP) stated the Western Ghat area of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have a number of waterfalls, and the Forest Department ought to take steps to advertise diversification of tourism in the coastal districts.
Published – March 04, 2025 03:41 pm IST
