{"id":7441,"date":"2009-02-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2009\/02\/03\/government-says-control-over-chidambaram-is-positive-for-tourism-httpeconomictimesindiatimescomarticleshow4071374cmsprtpage1\/"},"modified":"2009-02-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T12:00:00","slug":"government-says-control-over-chidambaram-is-positive-for-tourism-httpeconomictimesindiatimescomarticleshow4071374cmsprtpage1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2009\/02\/03\/government-says-control-over-chidambaram-is-positive-for-tourism-httpeconomictimesindiatimescomarticleshow4071374cmsprtpage1\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Says Control Over Chidambaram is Positive for Tourism http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/4071374.cms?prtpage=1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\">\n<p class=\"summary\">Corporates which are actively associated with temple administration and renovation, also cheered the move.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court&#8217;s decision on Monday drew mixed reactions, with some sections voicing against Government&#8217;s managing of temple funds. But industry officials say the region stands to benefit from more tourists and investments going forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earlier, we faced some problems in getting schemes implemented. We are more interested in promoting Pichavaram, which is part of the eco-tourism circuit. Pichavaram is already being promoted as a lesser-known tourist destination,&#8221; said a top official from the tourism department who did not wish to be named, citing the sensitivity of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>South India hotels and restaurants association secretary T Natarajan said it will take some time for the government take over to have an impact on the tourism front. &#8220;But, infrastructure and amenities in and around the temple will get a boost,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporates which are actively associated with temple administration and renovation, also cheered the move. The High Court&#8217;s decision on Monday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}