Land to be allotted on a 33-year lease basis for tourism projects in AP

Hyderabad: Land will be allotted on a 33-year lease basis for tourism projects in Andhra Pradesh.

This is as per the land lease policy announced by the government on Friday to promote tourism in the state. Lands allotment will be through a bidding process.

Styled as the Land Lease Policy for Tourism Projects, 2016, this is a supplement to the existing Andhra Pradesh tourism policy 2015-20, as notified on June 12 last year. It shall be applicable to allotment of government land for any tourism projects such as hotels, resorts etc.

The maximum extent of land a hotel (3-Star or above as per the guidelines of the Union ministry of tourism) can get is upto 5 acres.

For resorts, including beach resorts, jungle resorts, hill resorts etc. (3-Star or above) will be upto 10 acres.

Upto 10 acres will be allotted to those planning centres for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE). Wayside amenities will get 1 acre. Other tourism projects, as decided by the government, will get up to 10 acres.

A transparent bidding process shall be undertaken to select a developer for the various projects and the selected developer will be allotted the lands.