In all, 3,45,572 foreigners visited Bihar during the year 2008 which is next to foreigners visiting Goa. Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi attributed the rise in foreigners’ visit to better law and order situation, improvement in tourists’ facilities and positive changes in the state.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Places of Tourist Attraction in Bihar
After reviewing the schemes of state tourism department, Modi said that tourists visiting the state has increased and this could be gauged from the figures. While 63,321 tourists visited Bihar in the year 2005, the number escalated to 3.45 lakh in 2008. The review meeting was attended by tourism department principal secretary Rashmi Verma.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Mundeshwari Devi Temple
She informed the deputy CM that work for ropeway at Mandar hills and for visiting Mundeshwari Devi temple have already been allotted to RITES company. The two ropeways would soon be handed over to the state government, she said.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
The Hotel Management Institute is coming up in the state at a cost of Rs 14.11 crore. The fund has been sanctioned, Verma said and added that classes of the Hotel Management Institute would start in a rented house from next month. A Food and Craft Institute is also coming up in Muzaffarpur for which a sum of Rs 4.75 crore has been okayed.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/
Modi also asked the principal secretary to make the floating restaurant on the Ganga available for people on full moon night as well, besides making arrangement for water sports and water scooter in the Ganga. He expressed satisfaction over the working of the tourism department.http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/