The state authorities has determined to revive the mattress and breakfast scheme to make sure economical accomodation for vacationers in locations the place lodges should not obtainable and can resume hop-on and-hop-off excursions masking vacationer spots in Chennai.

Tips have been shaped to register properties for the mattress and breakfast scheme, mentioned tourism minister M Mathiventhan on the state meeting on Thursday.
Property house owners from throughout the state will be capable to apply on-line to checklist their homes as a part of the scheme. The tourism division officers will test the constructing and services earlier than approving the request for itemizing as accomodation for vacationers.
The transfer can be in sync with the efforts to advertise vacationer arrivals and transfer by the state authorities to develop locations throughout the state at a time when the variety of guests are rising regularly. Round 11.54crore vacationers visited in 2021 (provisional figures), a majority of them home vacationers, whereas the pre-Covid quantity was 50.11crore. The federal government has sanctioned ₹30.99crore to develop Kolli hills, Jawadhu hills, Yelagiri hills, Mudaliarkuppam, Thiruvalluvar statue in KanyaKumari, eco-camping websites at hills, forests, dams and coastal areas.
Guidelines have additionally been framed for journey and caravan tourism and for tenting websites.
Services for vacationers together with boating, lodging, parking and others can be arrange at Sittar dam, Gundaru dam in Tenkasi district, Kamaraj Sagar dam in Nilgiris, Mudaliarkuppam close to Chennai, Pirappin Valasai in Ramanathapuram district.