Lok Sabha Question No. 3196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Arrival of Foreign Tourists
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA, BHOLA SINGH, P. KARUNAKARAN, PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI, RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3196 ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN TOURISTS

## 3196. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

DR. BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has witnessed a considerable increase in foreign tourists visiting India during the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  foreign  tourists  arrived  India  during  the  last three  years,  State-wise  including  Maharashtra,  Uttar  Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir;
- (c) the revenue earned therefrom along with its impact on GDP of the country;
- (d) whether the Government has started new tourism projects and has provided  special  package  to  State  Governments  to  attract  more tourists; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a):   Yes, Madam.

(b): The number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during 2013, 2014, 2015 and January - October, 2016 were 6.97 million, 7.68 million, 8.03 million and 6.96 million (Provisional), respectively.

The Ministry of Tourism does not compile the State/UT-wise breakup of FTAs. However, the Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs), as differentiated from FTAs, to different States/UTs including the States of Maharashtra, Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Jammu  &

Kashmir  during  2013,  2014  and  2015  are  given  in  Annexure-I.  This information is not available for the year 2016. (c): The  Foreign  Exchange  Earnings  through  tourism  in  India  during 2013, 2014, 2015 and January - October, 2016 were Rs.1,07,671 crore, Rs.1,23,320 crore, Rs.1,35,193 crore and Rs.1,24,371 crore, respectively. As  per  2 nd   Tourism  Satellite  Account  (TSA)  of  India,  and  its subsequent  estimates, the contribution of tourism to total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and  2012-13  was  6.77%,  6.76%,  6.76%  and  6.88%  respectively.  This information for the subsequent years is not available. (d) and (e):  The Ministry of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance for  tourism  projects,  including  those  under  the  special  package/plan announced  by  the  Government  of  India  to  State  Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned projects under special financial packages  to  the  States  of  Uttarakhand,  Bihar  and  Jammu  &  Kashmir, details  of  which  are  at  Annexure-II.  The  objective  of  these  special packages  is  to  develop  tourism  infrastructure  and  to  incentivise  the tourism  sector  in  these  States  for  attracting  foreign  and  domestic tourists  and  create  employment  opportunities  for  the  local  population.

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ANNEXURE-I STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3196  ANSWERED  ON  05.12.2016  REGARDING  ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN TOURISTS. The number of Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to different States/UTs for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 are as below:

| S. No.   | State/ UT                 |     2013 |     2014 |     2015 |
|----------|---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    14742 |    17235 |    14674 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |    69552 |    66333 |   237854 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |    10846 |     5204 |     5705 |
| 4        | Assam                     |    17638 |    21537 |    24720 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |   765835 |   829508 |   923737 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |    40124 |    28365 |    29538 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |     3886 |     7777 |     6394 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |     1582 |     1799 |     1797 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |     4814 |     4620 |     5858 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |  2301395 |  2319046 |  2379169 |
| 11       | Goa                       |   492322 |   513592 |   541480 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |   198773 |   235524 |   284973 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |   228200 |   314757 |   303118 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |   414249 |   389699 |   406108 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                 |    45995 |   154731 |   167785 |
| 16       | J&K                       |    60845 |    86477 |    58568 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |   636378 |   561870 |   636502 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |   858143 |   923366 |   977479 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |      371 |      514 |     1173 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |   280333 |   316195 |   421365 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |  4156343 |  4389098 |  4408916 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |     1908 |     2769 |     3260 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |     6773 |     8664 |     8027 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |      800 |      921 |      798 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |     3304 |     2585 |     2769 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |    66675 |    71426 |    66971 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |    42624 |    83291 |   106153 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |   204074 |   255449 |   242367 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |  1437162 |  1525574 |  1475311 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |    31698 |    49175 |    38479 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |  3990490 |  4657630 |  4684707 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |   153966 |    75171 |   126078 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |    11853 |    26688 |    34886 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |  2054420 |  2909735 |  3104062 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |    97683 |   101966 |   105882 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |  1245230 |  1375740 |  1489500 |
|          | Total                     | 19951026 | 22334031 | 23326163 |

Source: State/Union Territory Tourism Departments. *******

ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO PARTS  (d) AND  (e) OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3196 ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016 REGARDING ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN TOURISTS. Details  of  amount  sanctioned  and  released  under  special  financial packages

(in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT       | Year of Sanction   |   Amount Sanctioned |   Amount Released |
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Uttarakhand     | 2013-14            |               72.55 |             14.51 |
|        2 | Bihar           | 2015-16            |              146.28 |             41.72 |
|        3 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2016-17            |              627.22 |            128.77 |

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