Uttar Pradesh is expanding tourism infrastructure across religious, heritage and cultural destinations. To ensure projects are completed on time ahead of the upcoming election year, during a high-level review meeting of the Tourism and Culture Department in Lucknow on May 7, 2026, Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh have set strict deadlines for all the tourism projects...

Uttar Pradesh is sharpening its focus on tourism-led job creation as part of its broader USD 1 trillion economy vision, with the aim to increase total tourism-led employment to 5% by 2024, in a phased manner, which is currently at around 1.4%. The sector is expected to play a much larger role in employment over the next two decades. Officials say the strategy hinges on expanding tourism...