Ayodhya City is anticipated to become a global tourism destination with a focus on spiritual, cultural, and heritage assets and events as the city is likely to grow manifold with significant demand in hospitality and allied industries. The city is envisaged to be developed as a mega centre for tourist, economic and religious activities. The development work is being undertaken for Rs 85,323 crore to enable the city to handle a daily footfall of 31 lakh people. The proposal aims at leveraging Tourism as an engine of growth to create regional economic development and epicentre of employment generation by facilitating the long-term growth and development of the tourism industry.

The development vision encapsulates the identification of infrastructure and tourism development in the Ayodhya Development Authority Area of 875sq km including the current master-planned city area of 133 sq km and core city of 31.5 sq. km. CP Kukreja Architects has also prepared a detailed project report, and cost outlay and its rollout for Smart Ayodhya over 1,200 acres. The master plan of Ayodhya would be developed on contextual planning as opposed to Greenfield development.