Lok Sabha Question No. 3141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Categorization of Tourist Places
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3141 ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## CATEGORIZATION OF TOURIST PLACES

## 3141. SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  has  categorized various tourist places of our country according to their importance, number of tourists  visiting  both  domestic  and  foreign  tourists  and  their revenue generation;
- (b) if so, the details of such categorization along with the name of such tourist places; and
- (c) the  number  of  tourist  places  in  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka which have been identified or categorized as places of international tourist hub interest?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

- (a) and (b): The Government of India has not done categorization  of  tourist  places  in  India.  However,  the  ranking  of States/ Union Territories (UTs) is done on the basis of the information furnished by them on Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) and Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs).

Accordingly,  the  ranking  of  various  States/UTs  in  terms  of DTVs and FTVs of 2017 is given in the Annexure.

- (c): Pursuant  to  Budget  announcements  of  2018-19,  Ministry  of Tourism has identified 17 Iconic sites in 12 clusters in the country for development with following objectives:
-  Holistic development of selected Iconic Sites to global standards
-  Develop sustainable tourism infrastructure
-  Robust Operations and Maintenance plan
-  Publicity & Promotion of Iconic Sites
-  Employment generation through community participation

The  Iconic  sites  identified  for  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala are Mahabalipuram, Hampi and Kumarakom respectively.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.3141 FOR 06.08.2018  REGARDING CATEGORIZATION OF TOURIST PLACES.

|   S. No. | State/ UT            |   DTV 2017 (P) |   FTV 2017 (P) |   Rank DTV 2017 |   Rank FTV 2017 |
|----------|----------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|        1 | A & N Islands        |         471919 |          15313 |              30 |              27 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh       |      165433898 |         271362 |               4 |              15 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |         444005 |           7147 |              31 |              29 |
|        4 | Assam                |        6052667 |          21760 |              22 |              26 |
|        5 | Bihar                |       32414063 |        1082705 |              14 |               9 |
|        6 | Chandigarh           |        1425781 |          31832 |              25 |              25 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh         |       12231935 |           6655 |              20 |              30 |
|        8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |         614182 |           1908 |              29 |              34 |
|        9 | Daman & Diu          |         858131 |           5535 |              28 |              31 |
|       10 | Delhi *              |       29114423 |        2740502 |              15 |               4 |
|       11 | Goa                  |        6895234 |         842220 |              21 |              10 |
|       12 | Gujarat              |       48343121 |         448853 |               9 |              13 |
|       13 | Haryana              |        6050325 |         193381 |              23 |              17 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh     |       19130541 |         470992 |              16 |              12 |
|       15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |       14235473 |          79765 |              18 |              22 |
|       16 | Jharkhand            |       33723185 |         170987 |              13 |              18 |
|       17 | Karnataka            |      179980191 |         498148 |               3 |              11 |
|       18 | Kerala               |       14673520 |        1091870 |              17 |               8 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep          |           6620 |           1027 |              36 |              36 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh       |       78038522 |         359119 |               8 |              14 |
|       21 | Maharashtra *        |      119191539 |        5078514 |               5 |               1 |
|       22 | Manipur              |         153454 |           3497 |              33 |              33 |
|       23 | Meghalaya            |         990856 |          12051 |              27 |              28 |
|       24 | Mizoram              |          67772 |           1155 |              34 |              35 |
|       25 | Nagaland             |          63362 |           4166 |              35 |              32 |
|       26 | Odisha               |       14011229 |         100014 |              19 |              21 |
|       27 | Puducherry           |        1531972 |         131407 |              24 |              20 |
|       28 | Punjab               |       40293352 |        1108635 |              11 |               7 |
|       29 | Rajasthan            |       45916573 |        1609963 |              10 |               5 |
|       30 | Sikkim               |        1375854 |          49111 |              26 |              24 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu           |      345061140 |        4860455 |               1 |               2 |

| S. No.   | State/ UT     |   DTV 2017 (P) |   FTV 2017 (P) | Rank DTV 2017   | Rank FTV 2017   |
|----------|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 32       | Tripura       |         398669 |          69899 | 32              | 23              |
| 33       | Telengana     |       85266596 |         251846 | 6               | 16              |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh |      233977619 |        3556204 | 2               | 3               |
| 35       | Uttarakhand   |       34359989 |         133725 | 12              | 19              |
| 36       | West Bengal   |       79687645 |        1574915 | 7               | 6               |
|          | Total         |     1652485357 |       26886638 |                 |                 |

Source: State/Union Territory Tourism Departments P: Provisional *: Estimated using all India growth rate

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