Lok Sabha Question No. 1 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Indian Tourism Industry
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.†*1 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021

## IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

- †*1. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has constituted any working group to assess  the  impact  of  Covid-19  pandemic  on  tourism  industry and if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of loss in terms of job losses and foreign exchange loss, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of foreign tourists visited the country during first and second waves of Covid-19;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from various States including Haryana, North-Eastern States, West Bengal, Odisha,  Maharashtra  and  Tamil  Nadu  for  new  projects  for comprehensive  development/rejuvenation  of  tourism  sector, allocation of more funds, giving moratorium to loans availed by tourism  industry  after  the  pandemic,  etc.,  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether the Government has set up/plans to set up a Vaccine Certification Programme for foreign tourists; and
- (e) the  details  of  hotels/homestays/tourist  services/organizations registered with the Ministry in various States including Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

MINISTER OF TOURISM

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*1 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021 REGARDING IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

- (a): Ministry of Tourism has constituted a Task Force with Hon'ble Minister  for  Tourism  in  chair  and  State  Tourism  Ministers,  Joint Secretary level officers of concerned Central Ministries and representatives  from  industry  associations,  to  meet  the  challenge posed by the outbreak of COVID 19 and make appropriate recommendations  for  the  revival  of  the  tourism  and  hospitality sector in the country.

Ministry  of  Tourism  engaged  the  National  Council  of  Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in January, 2021 to conduct study on 'India and the  Corona Virus Pandemic:  Economic  Losses  for Households  Engaged  in  Tourism  and  Policies  for  Recovery'. The study  observes  that  a  significant  number  of  jobs  were  lost  in  the tourism  sector  once  the  lockdown  was  implemented.  14.5  million jobs during Q1,5.2 million jobs during Q2 and 1.8 million jobs during Q3  are  expected  to  have  been  lost  as  compared  to  an  estimated 34.8 million jobs in the pre pandemic period of 2019-20 (direct jobs).

The  percentage  change  in  Foreign  Exchange  Earnings  (FEE) during the months January to December 2020 as compared to the corresponding period in 2019 is -76.3%.

The Ministry has not conducted any formal study to assess the State/UT-wise impact of Covid 19 pandemic on tourism industry.

- (b): The details  of  Foreign  Tourist  Arrivals  during  2020  and  2021 are at Annexure I.
- (c): Details  of  project  proposals  approved  for  grant  of  Central Financial  Assistance  under  the  National  Mission  on  Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD)  and  Assistance  to  Central  Agencies  for  Infrastructure Development Schemes are at Annexure II.

States/UTs  have  requested  for  sympathetic  consideration  for giving moratorium on loans etc., which has been taken up with the Ministry of Finance.

(d):  The  Government  of  India  has  not  yet  announced  a  Vaccine Certification Programme for foreign tourists. (e): The details of hotels / homestays registered with the Ministry in various  states  are  placed  at  Annexure  III.  The  details  of  tourist services / organisations (Travel Trade Service Providers) in various states are at Annexure IV. The details of Hotels/ Homestays/tourist services/organizations registered  with  Ministry  of  Tourism  under  the  National  Integrated Database of Hospitality Industry (NIDHI) Scheme at Darjeeling and

Kalimpong are mentioned in the following table:

|   Sl. No. | District   |   Hotels/ Homestays | Tourist services/ organizations (Tour Operator)   |
|-----------|------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Darjeeling |                   6 | 1                                                 |
|         2 | Kalimpong  |                   7 | --                                                |

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ANNEXURE- I

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. †*1 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021 REGARDING IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during 2020 and 2021:

|   S. No. | Month     | FTAs during 2020   | FTAs during 2021 (P)   |
|----------|-----------|--------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | January   | 11,19,250          | 83,822                 |
|        2 | February  | 10,18,440          | 99,640                 |
|        3 | March     | 3,28,304           | 1,23,179               |
|        4 | April     | 2,820              | 69,442                 |
|        5 | May       | 3,764              | 13,307                 |
|        6 | June      | 8,590              | -                      |
|        7 | July      | 12,655             | -                      |
|        8 | August    | 19,761             | -                      |
|        9 | September | 28,167             | -                      |
|       10 | October   | 41,494             | -                      |
|       11 | November  | 70,977             | -                      |
|       12 | December  | 90,544             | -                      |

Source: Bureau of Immigration

P: Provisional

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*1  ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021 REGARDING IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

## Approved Projects under PRASHAD Scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | State             | Name of the Project                                                                                                      | Project Cost   | Amount Released         |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
|           | Year 2020-21      |                                                                                                                          |                |                         |
| 1         | Meghalaya         | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation in Meghalaya                                                                      | 29.32          | 6.53                    |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh      | Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh                                        | 43.33          | 12.16                   |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | Development of Parasuram Kund, Lohit                                                                                     | 37.88          | Adm. Sac. 5.1.21        |
| 4         | Madhya Pradesh    | Development of Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                | 49.99          | 08.01.2021              |
| 5         | Sikkim            | Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints, Yuksom, Sikkim                                             | 33.32          | 9.50                    |
| 6         | Telangana         | Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple, Alampur, Telangana                                                                 | 36.73          | 5.14                    |
| 7         | Tripura           | Development of Tripura Sundari Temple, Udaipur, Tripura                                                                  | 37.84          | 10.59                   |
|           | Year 2021-22      |                                                                                                                          |                |                         |
| 8         | Uttarakhand       | Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure Facilities and Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham in Uttarakhand under PRASHAD Scheme | 54.36          | Sanctioned on 30.6.2021 |
|           |                   |                                                                                                                          | 322.77         | 43.92                   |

| Approved Projects under Assistance to Central Agencies Scheme   | Approved Projects under Assistance to Central Agencies Scheme   | Approved Projects under Assistance to Central Agencies Scheme                                                     | Approved Projects under Assistance to Central Agencies Scheme   | Approved Projects under Assistance to Central Agencies Scheme   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year 2020-2021                                                  | Year 2020-2021                                                  | Year 2020-2021                                                                                                    | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                  | (Rs. in Lakhs)                                                  |
| Sl. No.                                                         | State                                                           | Name of the Project                                                                                               | Project Cost                                                    | Amount Released                                                 |
| 1.                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                  | Tourism Infrastructure at Beltaal Lake, Damoh                                                                     | 2316.30                                                         | 1008.27                                                         |
| 2.                                                              | Leh & Ladakh                                                    | SEL Show at Leh Ladakh and water screen projection multimedia show at tourist facilitation centre, Kargil, Ladakh | 2321.99                                                         | 515.99                                                          |
| 3.                                                              | Delhi                                                           | 3D visual projection mapping of NGMA Buildings                                                                    | 616.72                                                          | 308.13                                                          |
| 4.                                                              | Mizoram                                                         | Development of convention centre and associated infrastructure at Aizawl, Mizoram                                 | 3994.75                                                         | 1570.71                                                         |
| Total                                                           | Total                                                           | Total                                                                                                             | 9249.76                                                         | 3403.10                                                         |

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## ANNEXURE - III

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  †*1ANSWERED  ON  19.07.2021  REGARDING  IMPACT  OF  COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

Number  of  hotels/B&Bs/Homestays  and  other  accommodation  units registered  under  National  Integrated  Database  of  Hospitality  Industry (NIDHI) Scheme:

| State               |   Total |
|---------------------|---------|
| Andaman And Nicobar |     387 |
| Andhra Pradesh      |    1615 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |     373 |
| Assam               |     359 |
| Bihar               |    2174 |
| Chandigarh          |     116 |
| Chhattisgarh        |     198 |
| Delhi               |     304 |
| DNH & DD            |     229 |
| Goa                 |    3592 |
| Gujarat             |    3849 |
| Haryana             |     769 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |    1982 |
| Jammu and Kashmir   |     677 |
| Jharkhand           |      71 |
| Karnataka           |     559 |
| Kerala              |    1635 |
| Ladakh              |     218 |
| Lakshadweep         |      13 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |    1670 |
| Maharashtra         |    4153 |
| Manipur             |      53 |
| Meghalaya           |     242 |
| Mizoram             |     139 |
| Nagaland            |      44 |
| Odisha              |    1406 |
| Puducherry          |     487 |
| Punjab              |     973 |

| Rajasthan     |   3517 |
|---------------|--------|
| Sikkim        |   1694 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   2187 |
| Telangana     |    508 |
| Tripura       |     75 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   3093 |
| Uttarakhand   |   3428 |
| West Bengal   |    204 |
| Total         |  42993 |

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## ANNEXURE- IV

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*1  ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021 REGARDING IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INDIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY

## Summary of Approved Travel Trade Operators as on 15-07-2021

| State               |   Adventure Tour Operators |   Domestic Tour Operators |   Inbound Tour Operators |   Tourist Transport Operators |   Travel Agents |   Total |
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|---------|
| Karnataka           |                          2 |                         7 |                        7 |                             7 |               8 |      31 |
| Kerala              |                          1 |                        10 |                       21 |                             6 |              13 |      51 |
| Goa                 |                          0 |                         1 |                        5 |                             1 |               2 |       9 |
| Gujarat             |                          1 |                         3 |                        0 |                             0 |               5 |       9 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                          2 |                         3 |                        2 |                             0 |               1 |       8 |
| Jammu and Kashmir   |                          1 |                         3 |                        4 |                             0 |               1 |       9 |
| Assam               |                          1 |                         8 |                       10 |                             0 |               2 |      21 |
| Bihar               |                          0 |                         3 |                        4 |                             0 |               0 |       7 |
| Haryana             |                          3 |                        13 |                       51 |                             1 |               8 |      76 |
| Chandigarh          |                          0 |                         0 |                        0 |                             1 |               2 |       3 |
| New Delhi           |                         21 |                        36 |                      254 |                            55 |              53 |     419 |
| Sikkim              |                          0 |                         0 |                        1 |                             0 |               0 |       1 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                          2 |                        11 |                       16 |                            12 |              20 |      61 |
| Tripura             |                          0 |                         2 |                        1 |                             0 |               0 |       3 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                          0 |                         8 |                       28 |                             3 |               7 |      46 |
| Andaman and Nicobar |                          0 |                         2 |                        0 |                             0 |               0 |       2 |
| Andhra Pradesh      |                          0 |                         1 |                        0 |                             0 |               0 |       1 |
| Manipur             |                          0 |                         0 |                        4 |                             0 |               1 |       5 |
| Odisha              |                          0 |                         3 |                        7 |                             1 |               1 |      12 |
| Puducherry          |                          0 |                         0 |                        2 |                             1 |               1 |       4 |
| Punjab              |                          0 |                         1 |                        2 |                             1 |               8 |      12 |
| Rajasthan           |                          1 |                         2 |                       18 |                             3 |               2 |      26 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                          1 |                         1 |                        1 |                             1 |               3 |       7 |
| Maharashtra         |                          3 |                         8 |                       22 |                             5 |              32 |      70 |

| West Bengal   |   8 |   23 |   10 |   6 |   13 |   60 |
|---------------|-----|------|------|-----|------|------|
| Jharkhand     |   1 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    1 |    2 |
| Uttarakhand   |   3 |    1 |    0 |   0 |    0 |    4 |
| Telangana     |   0 |    2 |    0 |   0 |    5 |    7 |
| Total         |  51 |  152 |  470 | 104 |  189 |  966 |

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