Lok Sabha Question No. 1232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Transparency in Issuing of Entry Tickets at Tourist Spots
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1232 ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## TRANSPARENCY IN ISSUING OF ENTRY TICKETS AT TOURIST SPOTS

1232. SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  in  many  tourism  places/spots  in Andhra  Pradesh  including  Tirupati  and  Srisailam,  tickets  are not being generated/given/provided online and the State officials  are  following  the  methods  of  counter  tickets  to tourists for various tourism purposes;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken to monitor the situation to avoid giving manual entry and other tickets at tourist hubs/places all over the country including Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure transparency  while  issuing tickets to tourists at various places in Andhra Pradesh in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):

No, Madam.

As per information provided by Government of Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.(APTDC) introduced e-pos ticketing from June 2018 for issuing entry tickets and for utilizing other facilities at various locations.

List of location where tickets issued through e-pos are given at Annexure

(c) and (d):  The E-ticketing facilities have already been introduced at the  ticketed  monuments  in  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI). Further, ASI has also started installing Point of Sale (POS Machines) at the ticketed monuments to encourage cashless purchase of entry tickets.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1232 ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019 REGARDING  TRANSPARENCY  IN  ISSUING  OF  ENTRY  TICKETS  AT TOURIST SPOTS

|   Sl. No. | Name of the location       | Facility                       |
|-----------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Sound & Light, Borra caves | Entry                          |
|         2 | Rushikonda, Vizag          | Boating                        |
|         3 | FRB, Harbor                | Boating                        |
|         4 | Sound & Light, Chandragiri | Show Entry                     |
|         5 | Kakinada, Beach Front      | Glass Bridge, Musical Fountain |
|         6 | Srisailam Ropeway          | Rope way Ride                  |
|         7 | Dindi                      | Boating                        |
|         8 | Rajahmundray               | Boating                        |
|         9 | Vijayawada                 | Boating and Entry              |
|        10 | Nellore                    | Boating                        |
|        11 | Belum Caves                | Entry in to caves              |
|        12 | Brahma sagar               | Boating                        |
|        13 | Gargeyapuram               | Boating                        |
|        14 | Ettipotala                 | Entry                          |
|        15 | Nagarjunasagar             | Boating                        |
|        16 | Gundlakamma                | Boating                        |
|        17 | Mypadu, Nellore            | Boating                        |

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