Lok Sabha Question No. 1130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Paryatan Parva
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, P.R. SUNDARAM, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1130 ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## PARYATAN PARVA

## 1130. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has organized the 'Paryatan Parva' in Delhi recently;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;
- the  number  of  participants  along  with  major  activities  and
- (c) events organized during the Paryatan Parva;
- (d)
- the amount incurred on organizing the Paryatan Parva;
- (e) the achievement made as a result of organizing the Paryatan Parva; and
- the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to boost

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): Paryatan Parv 2018 was  organized  by  the Ministry of Tourism  from  16 th  to 27 th  September, 2018,  during  which  tourism related  activities    were    organized    through  various    Central Ministries,  India  Tourism  Offices,  Institutes  of  Hotel  Management, State  Governments/Union Territory  Administrations    etc.  The  main objective  of  Paryatan Parv  was to  promote  domestic  tourism and to  propagate the  ideas  of   'Dekho Apna Desh', 'Tourism for All' and

- (f) tourism in the country?

'Tourism  &  Governance'.    A  total    of    3150    activities    were organized  in  32 States/Union Territories over  a 12 day  period. The Delhi  leg  of the  event  was  organized  at  Rajpath  Lawns during this  period,    wherein;    food    stalls,    handloom/handicraft  stalls, theme pavilions, exhibition etc. were set up.  Various activities such as yoga demonstrations, armed forces band performances, cultural programmes  by  the  State  Governments  &  North  Zone  Cultural Centre  (NZCC),  cookery  demos  etc.  were  also  organized.  The Ministry of Tourism  appointed  M/s Ashok Events - ITDC  as  event manager    for    organizing    this    event  in  Delhi  and    a    budget  of Rs.5.28 Crore plus event management fee and GST  was  sanctioned for  this  purpose.  The  event  was  able to  provide  a  platform  to project    different  cultural  flavours    and  tourism  destinations  of India. The  Ministry  of  Tourism  as  part  of  its  ongoing  promotional activities  releases  campaigns  in  the  international  and  domestic markets and also undertakes other promotional activities under the Incredible  India  brand-line.  Promotional  campaigns  with  special thrust  to  project  North  East  of  India  and  the  State  of  Jammu  & Kashmir  are  also  released  on  different  promotional  platforms.  In addition,    various    tourism    products    and    destinations    of    the country  are  also  promoted  holistically,  through  the  Ministry of Tourism's  website    www.incredibleindia.org    and  its  social  media handles.

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