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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
In conversation with Priyank Kharge
Honourable Minister for Tourism, Govt. of Karnataka
Priyank Kharge, the Honourable Minister for Tourism, Government of Karnataka,
answers the questions of our editor Dr.Simha Shastry about the current scenario of
Adventure & Wildlife Tourism and Policies in the state in a one on one interview.
A&W: Sir, Adventure and Wildlife tourism sector are offered like river rafting. So we have all whole host of
is growing at a fast pace across the country and so in initiatives that we have planned for adventure
Karnataka as well. What are the offerings from the and wildlife.
tourism ministry for the enthusiasts?
A&W: What are the destinations you currently have for
Priyank Kharge: We as the department of tourism, various adventure activities across Karnataka and types of
we have broken up the stakes into various circuits: adventure activities?
Wildlife, adventure, religious, heritage, colonial
architecture circuits. So we have sort of streamlined these Priyank Kharge: So like I said, we are heavily
circuits across the state that’s inclusive of beach tourism, concentrating on Jungle Lodges and we have 21
coastal circuits and things like that. So one advantage destinations and 21 resorts by JLR which have both high
Karnataka has is that we are very rich in natural adrenalin surging activities as well as relaxing nature
vegetation and the biodiversity is high, and also we have resorts as well. Besides that, we are also looking at
the great Western Ghats that flow right into our state. So extreme sports like rock climbing, rappelling. We
adventure and wildlife is a very integral part of our are trying to come up with circuits for triathlons,
circuits and we already, if you are aware, that we were the quadrathlon in