With cruises growing in popularity amongst tourists in the last few decades, MLAs from the coastal belt in Karnataka, who met on Thursday, mooted a proposal to start cruise tourism in the State.
Briefing presspersons after the meeting, Mankala S. Vaidya, Minister for Fisheries and Ports Inland Transport, said a proposal on developing a cruise terminal in Karnataka was discussed at length at the meeting. The plan is to set up two new ports in Mangaluru and Karwar, he said.
