Single Window for Film Shootings in Telangana
It will establish Hyderabad as South India’s film and AVGC super hub by integrating studio infrastructure with the broader creative ecosystem.
Hyderabad:Telangana has placed film and wedding tourism at the centre of its 2047 tourism vision, positioning the state as a vibrant, high-value destination for curated celebrations, cinematic productions and international visitor experiences. The government plans to strengthen and expand its single-window portal for shooting permits across the state, promote Telangana’s scenic and heritage-rich locations through a destination-wedding catalogue.
It will establish Hyderabad as South India’s film and AVGC super hub by integrating studio infrastructure with the broader creative ecosystem. The state aims to showcase a combination of award-winning studios, forts, palaces, lakefronts, resorts and natural landscapes to attract film-makers and wedding planners from India and abroad.
Telangana has identified 27 Special Tourism Areas (STAs) that combine multiple destinations into cohesive circuits, supported by an enabling ecosystem with single-window investor facilitation, quality standards, a skills academy, and a unified Telangana Pass for digital bookings and data-driven marketing.
Local communities will remain at the heart of this transformation. The government plans to empower them with multilingual guide training through the National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management (NITHM) Guide Academy, entrepreneurship support, and accreditation for dignified livelihoods. A dedicated Vanavasi Accelerator will incubate SHG-led enterprises and professionalise home stays, ensuring community ownership in tourism.
Tourist safety will be prioritised through SHE-secured zones supported by technology, multilingual assistance and policing partnerships. The Mahila Mitra network will coordinate SHE Teams across the state, while priority destinations will be equipped with solar kiosks, panic buttons, CCTV coverage and multilingual helpdesks. Regular audits and gender-safety dashboards will be published to maintain accountability.
The state also aims to elevate Hyderabad as a globally competitive MICE destination with world-class convention venues and improved room inventory, while promoting new convention centres across STAs and Tier-2 cities. In medical and wellness tourism, Telangana will introduce a fully integrated digital platform offering procedure comparisons, hospital bookings and tele consultations through a single window. A new State Medical Tourism Society will coordinate global branding as a trusted medical tourism hub, with special outreach to the Telugu diaspora and African/MENA nations.
In eco and adventure tourism, Telangana will develop eco-trails in Amrabad, Kawal and Eturnagaram sanctuaries, create eco-sensitive zones near tiger reserves, host Vanajeevi camps, and introduce AI-managed waste systems and solar-lit cool corridors. Heritage homestays in Pochampally, Gadwal and Narayanpet will promote weaving and culinary traditions, while adventure tourism zones and heli-tourism routes to Nagarjunasagar, Ramappa, Somasila and Kaleshwaram will showcase river-valley and heritage vistas.
Spiritual tourism will be elevated through master plans for iconic temples, expanded temple circuits such as Alampur–Somasila, Warangal–Ramappa, Vemulawada–Kondagattu, Kaleshwaram and Yadadri, etc.