Maharashtra government has said it is ready with plans to attract domestic tourists to board Deccan Odyssey, the luxury train which takes the travellers through various facets of tourist attractions of Maharashtra and Goa in seven days.
As part of Maharashtra's new tourism policy the state is ready to woo domestic as well as foreign tourists to board the 'Palace on Wheels', Suresh Shetty, Maharashtra minister for tourism, said.
"There are a number of Indians who will be able to afford a tour on the most beautiful train in this part of the world," he said.
The 21-coach luxury train, introduced in 2004, has carried mainly tourists from Europe, USA and far east in the past, he told PTI on the sidelines of a fashion show organised on board the train on Sunday
evening.