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Tent city near Suryalanka beach to ease tourist rush

1 2 Vijayawada: In a move to promote Suryalanka beach in Bapatla district as a prime tourist location, the state govt has decided to improve the infrastructure near the beach. The tourism department is gearing up to construct a tent city to provide shelter to the visiting tourists. The existing facilities are found inadequate as they are getting packed almost three months in advance. There is heavy rush particularly for accommodation during the weekends. Taking the inadequate poor infrastructure on the beach into consideration, the tourism department has decided to go for development of tent city to create additional rooms. The tourism development corporation (APTDC) owns a resort in which 32 rooms were available. Recently, the corporation has launched work to construct another seven rooms to enhance facilities after the Union govt released about Rs 98 crore under Swadeshi Sandarshan-II scheme. The tourism department has planned several developmental works in addition to the construction of rooms for accommodation. A separate play area for kids, beach restaurant, beach bike riding facilities, additional washrooms would also come up as part of Swadeshi Sandarshan project. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trending in in 2025: Local network access control [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo "We can promote Suryalanka as a big tourist hub by tapping the immediate demand. We can't wait for months and years to provide accommodation. So, going for tent city model is quick remedy," said ourism department special chief secretary Ajay Jain. Taking the recent trend of tourists into consideration, APTDC has decided to develop a 50-room tent city. This project would be taken up in PPP model to avoid financial burden on the exchequer.