Demands for promoting tourism in 50 villages, mainly along the Indo-China border, were raised by Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan during a series of meetings with Union government authorities and departmental heads in New Delhi on Friday.
"Tourist inflow in the border regions has increased sharply—from around 21,000 visitors in 2024 to over 70,000 in 2025, marking a three-and-a-half-fold rise," said Sukhu. He informed this during a meeting held with senior officers of the Indian Army’s Central Command on Tuesday.
Tourists make a beeline to Suchetgarh where they are allowed to walk up to the zero-line and take selfies with the Pakistani border post in the background.
On Saturday, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for border tourism development work at the Tanot temple complex adjacent to India-Pakistan international border, which lies around 120 km from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.
Director Tourism GN Itoo said that the border tourism has a potential to change the socio-economic condition of the local people.
