A total of 26 out of 1381 offshore islands have been identified to boost tourism

India has a total of 1,382 offshore islands and 26 of these, most of which are in Andamans and Lakshadweep, are under consideration for development as tourist destinations. This is what PM Narendra Modi wants, in order to boost tourism.
The selected islands will be provided necessary infrastructure to attract tourists.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 September 2016.

Developmental activities of the elected islands would center around basic infrastructure, tourism, agriculture (including organic agriculture and fisheries) and carbonneutral energy generation (renewable energy). PM Narendra Modi has stressed about the potential for tourism in these areas and has also added that solar energy should be used extensively in this exercise.
The scale of infrastructure development will vary from island to island depending on the environmental conditions. However, the biggest task would be to provide connectivity with the mainland. Therefore, some of the islands can be developed only for day-time tourism. That way, tourists can go, spend some hours there and return before nightfall.


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