Lok Sabha Question No. 59 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Inflow of Tourists
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Anto  Antony, Gurjeet Singh Aujla

- 59.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.59 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## INFLOW OF TOURISTS

- SHRI ANTO ANTONY: SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any statistics regarding number of foreign and domestic tourists visited various destinations in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  foreign  and  domestic  tourists  visited various destinations in the country during the last five years, State-wise  along  with  the  revenue  generated  during  the  last five years, year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that the annual footfall of foreign  tourist  to  India  has  fallen  drastically  during  the  last financial year causing serious damage to the tourism industry and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along with the steps taken by the Government to boost the tourism industry;
- (d) whether  the  agitations  and  violence  held  due  to  Citizen Amendment  Act  (CAA)  has  impacted  the  tourism  industry along  with  the  details  of  the  countries  which  have  imposed ban or issued advisory for its citizens visiting India; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Details  of  Domestic  Tourist  Visits  (DTV)  and  Foreign Tourist Visits (FTV) in the States/UTs for the years 2014 to 2018 are given  in  Annexure-I.  Data  on  tourist  visits  to  destinations  and revenue generated from tourism are not centrally maintained in the

Ministry  of  Tourism.  However,  Foreign  Exchange  Earned  from tourism  in  terms  of  rupees  crore  are  estimated  to  be  120367, 134844,  154146,  177874,  194881  and  210981  for  the  years  2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively.

(c): In  alignment  with  the      practice  being  followed  by  United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Ministry of Tourism, Government  of  India  maintains  data  on  Foreign  Tourist  Arrivals (FTA)  calendar  year-wise.  The  details  of  FTA  for  the  last  two calendar years are given below:

| Year             |   2018 |   2019 (Provisional) |
|------------------|--------|----------------------|
| FTA(in Millions) |  10.56 |                10.89 |

(d) & (e): No  assessment  has  been  done  regarding  impact  on tourism of agitations held due to Citizen Amendment Act (CAA).

The details of some countries imposing ban/ issued advisory to their citizen visiting India is attached at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.59 ANSWERED  ON  03.02.2020  REGARDING  INFLOW OF TOURISTS.

Details  of  Domestic  Tourist  Visits  (DTV)  and  Foreign  Tourist  Visits  (FTV) during years 2014 to 2018

| States/UTs                | 2014      | 2014    | 2015      | 2015    | 2016      | 2016    | 2017      | 2017    | 2018 (Revised)   | 2018 (Revised)   |
|---------------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|------------------|------------------|
| States/UTs                | DTV       | FTV     | DTV       | FTV     | DTV       | FTV     | DTV       | FTV     | DTV              | FTV              |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 285146    | 17235   | 296684    | 14674   | 384552    | 15466   | 471919    | 15313   | 498279           | 15242            |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 93306974  | 66333   | 121591054 | 237854  | 153163354 | 341764  | 165433898 | 271362  | 194767874        | 281083           |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 335974    | 5204    | 352067    | 5705    | 385875    | 6598    | 444005    | 7147    | 512436           | 7653             |
| Assam                     | 4826702   | 21537   | 5491845   | 24720   | 5160599   | 19456   | 6052667   | 21760   | 5856282          | 36846            |
| Bihar                     | 22544377  | 829508  | 28029118  | 923737  | 28516127  | 1010531 | 32414063  | 1082705 | 336216131087971  |                  |
| Chandigarh                | 1061419   | 28365   | 1073842   | 29538   | 1182504   | 31549   | 1425781   | 31832   | 1538796          | 39681            |
| Chhattisgarh              | 24488465  | 7777    | 18327841  | 6394    | 16534471  | 9220    | 17350030  | 6701    | 19329501         | 14399            |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 579638    | 1799    | 527782    | 1797    | 589074    | 1891    | 614182    | 1908    | 609435           | 1608             |
| Daman & Diu               | 795167    | 4620    | 790911    | 5858    | 826201    | 5669    | 858131    | 5535    | 898824           | 5694             |
| Delhi *                   | 22626859  | 2319046 | 25258051  | 2379169 | 28460832  | 2520083 | 29114423  | 2740502 | 29114423         | 2740502          |
| Goa                       | 3544634   | 513592  | 4756422   | 541480  | 5650061   | 680683  | 6895234   | 842220  | 7081559          | 933841           |
| Gujarat                   | 30912043  | 235524  | 36288463  | 284973  | 42252909  | 343752  | 48343121  | 448853  | 54369873         | 513113           |
| Haryana                   | 7467064   | 314757  | 7395496   | 303118  | 7382995   | 331291  | 6050325   | 193381  | 4888952          | 73977            |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 15924701  | 389699  | 17125045  | 406108  | 17997750  | 452770  | 19130541  | 470992  | 16093935         | 356568           |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 9438544   | 86477   | 9145016   | 58568   | 9414579   | 63207   | 14235473  | 79765   | 17076315         | 139520           |
| Jharkhand                 | 33427144  | 154731  | 33079530  | 167785  | 33389286  | 169442  | 33723185  | 170987  | 35408822         | 175801           |
| Karnataka                 | 118283220 | 561870  | 119863942 | 636502  | 129762600 | 461752  | 179980191 | 498148  | 214306456        | 543716           |
| Kerala                    | 11695411  | 923366  | 12465571  | 977479  | 13172536  | 1038419 | 14673520  | 1091870 | 15604661         | 1096407          |
| Lakshadweep               | 7315      | 514     | 17241     | 1173    | 8716      | 753     | 6620      | 1027    | 10435            | 1313             |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 63614525  | 316195  | 77975738  | 421365  | 150490339 | 363195  | 78038522  | 359119  | 83969799         | 375476           |
| Maharashtra*              | 92632097  | 4389098 | 103403934 | 4408916 | 116515801 | 4670049 | 119191539 |         | 5078514119191539 | 5078514          |
| Manipur                   | 115499    | 2769    | 146169    | 3260    | 150638    | 3064    | 153454    | 3497    | 176109           | 6391             |
| Meghalaya                 | 716469    | 8664    | 751165    | 8027    | 830887    | 8476    | 990856    | 12051   | 1198340          | 18114            |
| Mizoram                   | 68203     | 921     | 66605     | 798     | 67238     | 942     | 67772     | 1155    | 76551            | 967              |
| Nagaland                  | 58507     | 2585    | 64616     | 2769    | 58178     | 3260    | 63362     | 4166    | 101588           | 5010             |
| Odisha                    | 10790622  | 71426   | 11786117  | 66971   | 12842766  | 76361   | 14011229  | 100014  | 15208540         | 110818           |
| Puducherry                | 1188093   | 83291   | 1297192   | 106153  | 1398289   | 117437  | 1531972   | 131407  | 1616660          | 141133           |
| Punjab                    | 24271302  | 255449  | 25796361  | 242367  | 38703326  | 659736  | 40293352  | 1108635 | 445950611200969  |                  |

| Rajasthan     |         33076491 | 1525574   |         35187573 | 1475311   |   41495115 |   1513729 |   45916573 |   1609963 |         50235643 | 1754348   |
|---------------|------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|
| Sikkim        |           562418 | 49175     |           705023 | 38479     |     747343 |     66012 |    1375854 |     49111 |          1426127 | 71172     |
| Tamil Nadu    | 3275552334657630 |           | 3334590474684707 |           |  343812413 |   4721978 |  345061140 |   4860455 | 3859093766074345 |           |
| Tripura       |           361247 | 26688     |           363172 | 34886     |     370618 |     36780 |     398669 |     69899 |           414388 | 102861    |
| Telengana     |         72399113 | 75171     |         94516316 | 126078    |   95160830 |    166570 |   85266596 |    251846 |         92878329 | 318154    |
| Uttar Pradesh |        182820108 | 2909735   |        204888457 | 3104062   |  213544204 |   3156812 |  233977619 |   3556204 |        285079848 | 3780752   |
| Uttarakhand   |         21991315 | 101966    |         29496938 | 105882    |   30505363 |    117106 |   34359989 |    133725 |         35609650 | 151320    |
| West Bengal   |         49029590 | 1375740   |         70193450 | 1489500   |   74460250 |   1528700 |   79630345 |   1574915 |         85657365 | 1617105   |

*Figures for 2017 is repeated for 2018 *******

ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) & (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.59  ANSWERED  ON  03.02.2020  REGARDING  INFLOW  OF TOURISTS

Status of travel advisories of various countries for its citizens on travel to India is as under:

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Country   | Content of Travel Advisory in regard to CAA                                                                                                              |
|-----------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Australia             | Be alert, monitor local media and follow the instructions of local authorities.                                                                          |
|         2 | Belgium               | General advisory.                                                                                                                                        |
|         3 | Canada                | Issued a safety and security notice in view of demonstration against new Citizenship legislation.                                                        |
|         4 | China                 | Issued an advisory for Chinese citizens in India to give priority to their safety and security and avoid areas of demonstration                          |
|         5 | Malaysia              | General advisory to be vigilant and give utmost priority to their personal safety and security.                                                          |
|         6 | New Zealand           | Advised New Zealanders to exercise increase caution.                                                                                                     |
|         7 | UK                    | Advised to exercise caution, monitor local media for the latest information, follow instructions of the local authorities and allow more time for travel |
|         8 | USA                   | There is no active travel advisory or travel warning at this time                                                                                        |

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