{"id":7330,"date":"2025-10-23T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=7330"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:42:33","slug":"cm-sukhu-orders-creation-of-online-portal-for-home-stay-registration-to-boost-tourism-ease-and-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=7330","title":{"rendered":"CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h1><em>CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shimla:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a significant move aimed at strengthening Himachal Pradesh\u2019s tourism infrastructure and promoting digital governance, Chief Minister<strong>\u00a0Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu<\/strong> on Thursday directed officials to develop an <strong>online portal for registration of Home Stay units within ten days<\/strong>. The directive came during a high-level meeting convened to review ongoing tourism projects across the state.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7212\" src=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_2025-10-17-12-19-19-510_cn.wps_.moffice_eng-edit.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chief Minister instructed that <strong>tenders be issued immediately<\/strong> for hiring competent software firms to design and implement <strong>user-friendly online portals for various government departments<\/strong>, ensuring seamless public access and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing the need for digital payments, CM Sukhu directed that <strong>all payments in HPTDC hotels, GAD guesthouses, and departmental rest houses\u2014including food bills\u2014be made online<\/strong>. This, he said, will ensure greater convenience for tourists and accountability in government-run hospitality units.<\/p>\n<p>He further ordered that <strong>professional architects be empanelled<\/strong> for designing projects under the <strong>Asian Development Bank (ADB)<\/strong> and <strong>Tourism Development Board initiatives<\/strong>, with advertisements for empanelment to be issued within ten days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to ensure that there are no administrative barriers to the promotion of the tourism industry. The procedures must be simplified to promote ease of doing business,\u201d the Chief Minister stated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7241\" src=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022-644x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022-644x1024.jpg 644w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022-768x1220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022-967x1536.jpg 967w, https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251018-WA0022.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The meeting also reviewed the proposed rules of the <strong>Tourism Investment Promotion Council (TIPC)<\/strong>, with CM Sukhu suggesting several modifications. It was decided that <strong>hotels currently under construction<\/strong> would also be included under the TIPC framework.<\/p>\n<p>CM Sukhu emphasized <strong>expediting the operation and maintenance of loss-making HPTDC units<\/strong> to enhance services and attract more visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by <strong>Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta<\/strong>, <strong>Principal Secretary Devesh Kumar<\/strong>, <strong>Director of Tourism Vivek Bhatia<\/strong>, <strong>OSD to the Chief Minister Gopal Sharma<\/strong>, and other senior officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0 &nbsp; Shimla: &nbsp; In a significant move aimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=7330><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-himachal-news","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0 - The Eagle News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeaglenews.co.in\/?p=7330\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0 - The Eagle News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CM Sukhu Orders Creation of Online Portal for Home Stay Registration to Boost Tourism Ease and Transparency.\u00a0 &nbsp; 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