Luxury Modern River Cruise Set To Begin Between Varanasi & Dibrugarh

Digital Desk: Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signs Two MoUs with Antara Luxury River Cruises and JM Baxi River Cruises to this effect

Tourism Ministry allocates 648.80 Crores for Ten projects under Coastal Thematic Circuits for boost in cruise tourism

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Mumbai, 15 May 2022: The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal and the Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North-eastern Region (DONER), Gangapuram Kisan Reddy were present at a historic event where eight major Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were signed for boosting river cruise tourism in the country.

Of these, two MoUs were signed by Inland Waterways Authority of India. (IWAI) with Antara Luxury River Cruises & JM Baxi River Cruises to introduce river cruise service between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Bogibeel in Dibrugarh, Assam. The government has allocated ₹648.80 crores to develop Ten projects under Coastal Thematic Circuits in order to boost cruise tourism in the country.

Out of the eight MoUs signed between private players in the cruise tourism sector and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Mumbai Port Authority, one of the important MoU is:

1. IWAI and Antara Luxury River Cruises for River Cruise between Varanasi (UP) and Bogibeel (Dibrugarh, Assam) via Kolkata under the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route.