Lok Sabha Question No. 1333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Inflow of Tourists
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, PARVESH SAHIB SINGH, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, PRASUN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1333 ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## INFLOW OF TOURISTS

## 1333. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  foreign  tourists  arrival  is  on  decline  and  is significantly low as compared to other Asian countries during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  total number  of  domestic  and  foreign  tourists  who  visited  various religious sites in the country and the revenue earned therefrom during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  new  policy/ programme to attract foreign tourists in the country;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  such policy/programme is likely to be implemented in the country;
- (d) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to promote tourism and to increase  the  foreign  tourist  influx  in the country; and
- (e) whether the Government has conducted a study/survey/poll on the impediments for Indian tourism industry which are potentially responsible for creating negative publicity of India among  international  tourists  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last four years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): No,  Madam.  The  number  of  foreign  tourist  arrival  (FTAs)  in India during 2015, 2016, 2017 were 8.03 million, 8.80 million, 10.04 million respectively. The  share of India's international tourist arrivals (ITAs) in Asia and Pacific region during 2015, 2016 and 2017 were  4.68%,  4.76%  and  4.81%  respectively.  Ministry  of  Tourism does not compile the data of revenue earned from tourism. However, the estimated foreign exchange earnings through tourism in  India  during  the  years  2015,  2016  and  2017  were  US$  21.013 billion,  US$ 22.923 billion and US$ 27.310 billion respectively. The corresponding figures for the year 2018 have not been finalized.

The  number  of  domestic  tourist  visits  (DTVs)  and  foreign tourist  visits  (FTVs)  to  different  States/UTs,  including  the  tourists visiting the religious sites, during 2015, 2016 and 2017 are given in

Annexure. This information is not available for the year 2018.

(b) to (d): In order to boost tourism in the country and attract more foreign tourists, Government has taken several policy decisions/initiatives which inter-alia include:

- 
- Extension of e- visa facility to citizens of 166 countries.
-  Launch  of  the  Incredible  India  2.0  campaign  with  market specific promotional plans and content creation.
-  Launch  of  24x7  Toll  Free  multi-lingual  tourist  helpline  in  12 international languages including Hindi and English.
-  Organisation of India Tourism Mart with an objective to create an annual Global Tourism Mart for India in line with major international travel marts being held in countries across the world. It provides a platform for all stakeholders in tourism and  hospitality  industries  to  interact  and  transact  business opportunities.
- 
- Organisation of biennial International Buddhist Conclave.
-  Organisation of Annual International Tourism Mart for promotion of tourism in North Eastern States.
-  Promotional activities in tourist generating markets overseas through the India tourism offices abroad with active
- participation  in  travel  fairs  and  exhibitions;  organising  Road Shows, 'Know India' seminars & workshops.
-  Central  finance  assistance  to  States/UTs  under  the  schemes of Swadesh Darshan, National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) and Assistance to Central Agencies for the development of tourism related infrastructure in the country.

(e): No  such  study  has  been  conducted  in  Ministry  of  Tourism. However,  overseas  offices  of  the  Ministry  carries out regular interactions/engagements with overseas tour operators, travel agents,  opinion  makers,  media  and  consumers,  to  keep  them updated about the ground situation in the country with an objective of reassuring them regarding travel to India.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.1333  ANSWERED  ON  11.02.2019  REGARDING  INFLOW  OF TOURISTS.

## The number of DTVs and FTVs to different States/UTs

| S. No.          | States/UTs           |   DTV 2015 |   FTV 2015 |   DTV 2016 |   FTV 2016 |   DTV 2017 (P) |   FTV 2017 (P) |
|-----------------|----------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
| 1               | A&N Islands          |     296684 |      14674 |     384552 |      15466 |         471919 |          15313 |
| 2               | Andhra Pradesh       |  121591054 |     237854 |  153163354 |     341764 |      165433898 |         271362 |
| 3               | Arunachal Pradesh    |     352067 |       5705 |     385875 |       6598 |         444005 |           7147 |
| 4               | Assam                |    5491845 |      24720 |    5160599 |      19456 |        6052667 |          21760 |
| 5               | Bihar                |   28029118 |     923737 |   28516127 |    1010531 |       32414063 |        1082705 |
| 6               | Chandigarh           |    1073842 |      29538 |    1182504 |      31549 |        1425781 |          31832 |
| 7               | Chhattisgarh         |   18327841 |       6394 |   16534471 |       9220 |       12231935 |           6655 |
| 8               | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |     527782 |       1797 |     589074 |       1891 |         614182 |           1908 |
| 9               | Daman & Diu          |     790911 |       5858 |     826201 |       5669 |         858131 |           5535 |
| 10              | Delhi *              |   25258051 |    2379169 |   28460832 |    2520083 |       29114423 |        2740502 |
| 11              | Goa                  |    4756422 |     541480 |    5650061 |     680683 |        6895234 |         842220 |
| 12              | Gujarat              |   36288463 |     284973 |   42252909 |     343752 |       48343121 |         448853 |
| 13              | Haryana              |    7395496 |     303118 |    7382995 |     331291 |        6050325 |         193381 |
| 14              | Himachal Pradesh     |   17125045 |     406108 |   17997750 |     452770 |       19130541 |         470992 |
| 15              | Jammu & Kashmir      |    9145016 |      58568 |    9414579 |      63207 |       14235473 |          79765 |
| 16              | Jharkhand            |   33079530 |     167785 |   33389286 |     169442 |       33723185 |         170987 |
| 17              | Karnataka            |  119863942 |     636502 |  129762600 |     461752 |      179980191 |         498148 |
| 18              | Kerala               |   12465571 |     977479 |   13172536 |    1038419 |       14673520 |        1091870 |
| 19              | Lakshadweep          |      17241 |       1173 |       8716 |        753 |           6620 |           1027 |
| 20              | Madhya Pradesh       |   77975738 |     421365 |  150490339 |     363195 |       78038522 |         359119 |
| 21 Maharashtra* | 21 Maharashtra*      |  103403934 |    4408916 |  116515801 |    4670049 |      119191539 |        5078514 |
| 22              | Manipur              |     146169 |       3260 |     150638 |       3064 |         153454 |           3497 |
| 23              | Meghalaya            |     751165 |       8027 |     830887 |       8476 |         990856 |          12051 |
| 24              | Mizoram              |      66605 |        798 |      67238 |        942 |          67772 |           1155 |
| 25              | Nagaland             |      64616 |       2769 |      58178 |       3260 |          63362 |           4166 |
| 26              | Odisha               |   11786117 |      66971 |   12842766 |      76361 |       14011229 |         100014 |
| 27              | Puducherry           |    1297192 |     106153 |    1398289 |     117437 |        1531972 |         131407 |
| 28              | Punjab               |   25796361 |     242367 |   38703326 |     659736 |       40293352 |        1108635 |
| 29              | Rajasthan            |   35187573 |    1475311 |   41495115 |    1513729 |       45916573 |        1609963 |
| 30              | Sikkim               |     705023 |      38479 |     747343 |      66012 |        1375854 |          49111 |
| 31              | Tamil Nadu           |  333459047 |    4684707 |  343812413 |    4721978 |      345061140 |        4860455 |
| 32              | Telengana            |   94516316 |     126078 |   95160830 |     166570 |       85266596 |         251846 |
| 33              | Tripura              |     363172 |      34886 |     370618 |      36780 |         398669 |          69899 |
| 34              | Uttar Pradesh        |  204888457 |    3104062 |  213544204 |    3156812 |      233977619 |        3556204 |
| 35              | Uttarakhand          |   29496938 |     105882 |   30505363 |     117106 |       34359989 |         133725 |
| 36              | West Bengal          |   70193450 |    1489500 |   74460250 |    1528700 |       79687645 |        1574915 |
|                 | Total                | 1431973794 |   23326163 | 1615388619 |   24714503 |     1652485357 |       26886638 |

Source: State Government/UT Administrations P: Provisional * : Estimated figures for the year 2017 using all India growth rate

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