Published on: February 15, 2026

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS OF 2026-27: TRAVEL AND TOURISM

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS OF 2026-27: TRAVEL AND TOURISM

  • Medical tourism services: Five Regional Medical Hubs, in partnership with the private sector
  • The hubs:
    • Serve as integrated healthcare complexes àcombine medical, educational research facilities.
    • Will have AYUSH Centres, Medical Value Tourism Facilitation Centres and infrastructure for diagnostics, post-care and rehabilitation.
    • Will provide diverse job opportunities for health professionals including doctors and AHPs.
  • Creation of 5 tourism destinations in the 5 Purvodaya States
  • Provision of 4,000 e-buses
  • Scheme for Development of Buddhist Circuits in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura
  • Environmentally sustainable passenger systems: Seven High-Speed Rail corridors between cities will be developed as ‘growth connectors’
  1. Mumbai-Pune, ii) Pune-Hyderabad, iii) Hyderabad-Bengaluru, iv) Hyderabad-Chennai, v) Chennai-Bengaluru, vi) Delhi- Varanasi, vii) Varanasi-Siliguri