Lok Sabha Question No. 3557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Air Connectivity to Tourist Places
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3557

## LOK SABHA ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO TOURIST PLACES

## †3557. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide better air connectivity at tourist places to increase the number of domestic and foreign tourists in the country;
- (b) whether  religious  places  of  the  country  have  also  been  covered thereunder;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d) the amount of funds allocated by the Government during the last three years in this regard; and
- (e) the  number  of  domestic  and  foreign  tourists  who  visited  various tourist sites in the country during the last three years, State-wise? ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) to (d): As per the information received from Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government  of India, under Regional Connectivity Scheme  (RCS)UDAN(Ude  Desh  ka  Aam  Nagrik)  version  3.0,  46  tourism  routes  have been awarded on request of Ministry of Tourism. No amount has been allocated by Ministry of Tourism since last three years for this purpose. Importance  has  been  given  for  connectivity  of  Buddhist  sector  and important  tourist  places  such  as  Varanasi,  Bodhgaya  and  Kushinagar which have been included among the 46 tourism routes under RCS Udan 3.

(e): The details of number of domestic and foreign tourists who visited various  tourist  sites  in  the  country  during  the  last  three  years,  statewise is annexed.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  †3557  ANSWERED  ON  15.07.2019  REGARDING  AIR CONNECTIVITY TO TOURIST PLACES.

Number of domestic and foreign tourists who visited various tourist sites in the country during the last three years, State-wise.

|   Sr. | States/UTs           |   DTV 2016 |   FTV 2016 |   DTV 2017 (P) |   FTV 2017 (P) |   DTV 2018 (E) |   FTV 2018 (E) |
|-------|----------------------|------------|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|     1 | A&N Islands          |     384552 |      15466 |         471919 |          15313 |         498279 |          15242 |
|     2 | Andhra Pradesh       |  153163354 |     341764 |      165433898 |         271362 |      194767874 |         281083 |
|     3 | Arunachal Pradesh    |     385875 |       6598 |         444005 |           7147 |         512436 |           7653 |
|     4 | Assam                |    5160599 |      19456 |        6052667 |          21760 |        4912987 |          15702 |
|     5 | Bihar                |   28516127 |    1010531 |       32414063 |        1082705 |       33621613 |        1087971 |
|     6 | Chandigarh           |    1182504 |      31549 |        1425781 |          31832 |        1538796 |          39681 |
|     7 | Chhattisgarh         |   16534471 |       9220 |       12231935 |           6655 |       19329501 |          14399 |
|     8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |     589074 |       1891 |         614182 |           1908 |         609435 |           1608 |
|     9 | Daman & Diu          |     826201 |       5669 |         858131 |           5535 |         898824 |           5694 |
|    10 | Delhi                |   28460832 |    2520083 |       29114423 |        2740502 |       29114423 |        2740502 |
|    11 | Goa                  |    5650061 |     680683 |        6895234 |         842220 |        7081559 |         933841 |
|    12 | Gujarat              |   42252909 |     343752 |       48343121 |         448853 |       54369873 |         513113 |
|    13 | Haryana              |    7382995 |     331291 |        6050325 |         193381 |        4888952 |          73977 |
|    14 | Himachal Pradesh     |   17997750 |     452770 |       19130541 |         470992 |       14843278 |         356568 |
|    15 | Jammu & Kashmir      |    9414579 |      63207 |       14235473 |          79765 |       17076315 |         139520 |
|    16 | Jharkhand            |   33389286 |     169442 |       33723185 |         170987 |       35014239 |         175801 |
|    17 | Karnataka            |  129762600 |     461752 |      179980191 |         498148 |      214306456 |         543716 |
|    18 | Kerala               |   13172536 |    1038419 |       14673520 |        1091870 |       15604661 |        1096407 |
|    19 | Lakshadweep          |       8716 |        753 |           6620 |           1027 |           6620 |           1027 |
|    20 | Madhya Pradesh       |  150490339 |     363195 |       78038522 |         359119 |       83969799 |         375476 |
|    21 | Maharashtra          |  116515801 |    4670049 |      119191539 |        5078514 |      119191539 |        5078514 |
|    22 | Manipur              |     150638 |       3064 |         153454 |           3497 |         153454 |           3497 |
|    23 | Meghalaya            |     830887 |       8476 |         990856 |          12051 |        1198340 |          18114 |
|    24 | Mizoram              |      67238 |        942 |          67772 |           1155 |          76551 |            866 |
|    25 | Nagaland             |      58178 |       3260 |          63362 |           4166 |         101588 |           5010 |
|    26 | Odisha               |   12842766 |      76361 |       14011229 |         100014 |       15208540 |         110818 |
|    27 | Puducherry           |    1398289 |     117437 |        1531972 |         131407 |        1616660 |         141133 |
|    28 | Punjab               |   38703326 |     659736 |       40293352 |        1108635 |       44595061 |        1200969 |
|    29 | Rajasthan            |   41495115 |    1513729 |       45916573 |        1609963 |       50235643 |        1754348 |
|    30 | Sikkim               |     747343 |      66012 |        1375854 |          49111 |        1426127 |          71172 |
|    31 | Tamil Nadu           |  343812413 |    4721978 |      345061140 |        4860455 |      385909376 |        6074345 |

| 32.   | Telengana     |   95160830 |   166570 |   85266596 |   251846 |   92878329 |   318154 |
|-------|---------------|------------|----------|------------|----------|------------|----------|
| 33.   | Tripura       |     370618 |    36780 |     398669 |    69899 |     414388 |   102861 |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |  213544204 |  3156812 |  233977619 |  3556204 |  285079848 |  3780752 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |   30505363 |   117106 |   34359989 |   133725 |   35609650 |   151320 |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |   74460250 |  1528700 |   79687645 |  1574915 |   85718565 |   161705 |
|       | Total         | 1615388619 | 24714503 | 1652485357 | 26886638 | 1852379579 | 27392559 |

P: Provisional E: Estimated

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