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CHENNAI: Union tourism minister K J Alphons on Tuesday said cruise jetties will be built in different parts of the country, including in Chennai.The minister told the media in New Delhi that more focus was given to the cruise tourism sector with the tourism ministry investing Rs 100 crore and the shipping ministry contributing a corpus of Rs 250 crore to the sector. "The cruise ports are being developed in Mumbai..
Cruise jetties are being developed in Goa, Cochin, Chennai and Visakhapatnam," an official statement quoting the minister said.He said the tourism ministry is focusing on promotional activities to attract the attention of the tourists on the unexplored areas of North Eastern states.Alphons said the tourism sector had created 14.62 million job opportunities in the country in the last four years..