Lok Sabha Question No. 1291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Study by NCAER on Economic Losses in Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION. No.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

## 1291. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the study 'India and Coronavirus Pandemic: Economic losses  for  Households  Engaged  in  Tourism  and  Policies  for Recovery'  undertaken  by  NCAER  has  been  completed  and whether the report for the same has been released;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  report  and  if  not,  the  reasons  for  not releasing the report;
- (c) the State-wise details of financial stimulus or assistance provided to the tourism industry;
- (d) the State-wise details of number of travel stakeholders (hotels, tour  operators,  tour  bus  operators,  etc.)  and  the  number  of tourist guides registered with various State tourism boards; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  number  of  Travel  and  Tourism  Stakeholders which availed the financial stimulus or assistance provided to the tourism industry by the Government, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM                        (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): Yes,  Sir.  The  study  'India  and  Coronavirus  Pandemic: Economic losses for  Households  Engaged  in  Tourism  and  Policies for Recovery' undertaken by NCAER has been completed and report is  in  public  domain  and  also  shared  with  States/UTs.  As  per  the study,  due  to  overall  economic  slowdown  during  2020-21,  tourism economy or tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA) saw a fall of 42.8 percent in first quarter; 15.5 percent in second quarter and fall of 1.1 percent in third quarter over its level in the same quarter of previous year.

(c) & (e): For the purpose of reviving the distressed tourism sector and to discharge their liabilities and restart their business affected due  to  Covid-19  pandemic,  Ministry  of  Tourism  implemented  the "Loan Guarantee Scheme for Covid Affected Tourism Service Sector (LGSCATSS)". Under this loan guarantee scheme, loan upto Rs.10.00 lakh  is  being  extended  to  each  Tour  Operators/  Travel  Agents/ Tourist Transport Operators approved/recognized by the Ministry of Tourism,  upto  Rs.1.00  lakh  is  being  extended  to  each  Regional Tourist Guide/ Incredible India Tourist Guide approved/recognized by the Ministry of Tourism and Tourist Guides approved/ recognized by the State Govt./ UT Administration. The purpose of the LGSCATSS of the Ministry of Tourism is to provide guarantee coverage for the loans provided by the Scheduled Commercial Banks to the above mentioned beneficiaries. Validity of the said scheme is till 31.03.2023 or till the guarantee of Rs.250.00 crore  are  issued  under  the  scheme,  whichever  is  earlier  and  is applicable to all eligible loans sanctioned under the scheme on or after  04.10.2021  (issuance of  LGSCATSS guidelines by NCGTC) till 31.03.2023. No guarantee fee is charged from the MLIs by NCGTC for the credit facilities provided under the Scheme. State-wise detail of loan under the scheme may be seen at Annexure-I and II. Apart from this, Government of India announced various fiscal relief  measures  for  redeveloping  post-covid  tourism  sector  of  the country which are at Annexed-III. (d): State wise list of Travel Trade Operators, Regional Level Guide (RLGs) approved by the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India may be seen at Annexure-IV and Annexure-V respectively. Further, the list of  number  of  Hotels  registered  on  NIDHI  Portal  may  be  seen  at Annexure-VI.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

| State-wise details of financial assistance under LGSCATSS Scheme   | State-wise details of financial assistance under LGSCATSS Scheme   | State-wise details of financial assistance under LGSCATSS Scheme   | State-wise details of financial assistance under LGSCATSS Scheme   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                            | Name of the State                                                  | Loan Count                                                         | Sanctioned Amount (in Rs.)                                         |
| 1                                                                  | ASSAM                                                              | 3                                                                  | 2500000                                                            |
| 2                                                                  | BIHAR                                                              | 1                                                                  | 1000000                                                            |
| 3                                                                  | DELHI                                                              | 48                                                                 | 11025000                                                           |
| 4                                                                  | GOA                                                                | 1                                                                  | 100000                                                             |
| 5                                                                  | GUJARAT                                                            | 5                                                                  | 785000                                                             |
| 6                                                                  | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                   | 1                                                                  | 1000000                                                            |
| 7                                                                  | KARNATAKA                                                          | 112                                                                | 4790000                                                            |
| 8                                                                  | KERALA                                                             | 33                                                                 | 6646000                                                            |
| 9                                                                  | MADHYA PRADESH                                                     | 13                                                                 | 2000000                                                            |
| 10                                                                 | MAHARASHTRA                                                        | 1                                                                  | 950000                                                             |
| 11                                                                 | MEGHALAYA                                                          | 1                                                                  | 80000                                                              |
| 12                                                                 | ODISHA                                                             | 5                                                                  | 500000                                                             |
| 13                                                                 | RAJASTHAN                                                          | 83                                                                 | 7960000                                                            |
| 14                                                                 | SIKKIM                                                             | 6                                                                  | 4750000                                                            |
| 15                                                                 | TAMIL NADU                                                         | 84                                                                 | 3850000                                                            |
| 16                                                                 | TELANGANA                                                          | 32                                                                 | 2730000                                                            |
| 17                                                                 | UTTAR PRADESH                                                      | 10                                                                 | 883000                                                             |
| 18                                                                 | WEST BENGAL                                                        | 10                                                                 | 8275000                                                            |
|                                                                    | Total                                                              | 449                                                                | 59824000                                                           |

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ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

State-wise / stakeholder wise details of financial assistance under LGSCATSS Scheme:

| State Name   | Borrower Type                   | Borrower Sub Type           |   Loan Count |   Sanctioned Amount in Rs. |
|--------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|----------------------------|
| ASSAM        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Tour Operators              |            1 |                    1000000 |
| ASSAM        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Tourist Transport Operators |            1 |                     500000 |
| ASSAM        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Travel Agents               |            1 |                    1000000 |
| BIHAR        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Tour Operators              |            1 |                    1000000 |
| DELHI        | Registered Tourist Guides       | Registered Tourist Guides   |           34 |                    3325000 |
| DELHI        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Tour Operators              |           12 |                    6600000 |
| DELHI        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Tourist Transport Operators |            1 |                     100000 |
| DELHI        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders | Travel Agents               |            1 |                    1000000 |
| GOA          | Registered Tourist Guides       | Registered Tourist Guides   |            1 |                     100000 |
| GUJARAT      | Registered Tourist Guides       | Registered Tourist          |            4 |                     400000 |

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|                  |                                          | Guides                               |      |              |
|------------------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------|--------------|
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | Stakeholders Travel and Tourism          | Tour Operators                       | 1    | 1000000      |
| KARNATAKA        | Stakeholders Registered                  |                                      | 1    | 4790000      |
| KERALA           | Tourist Guides Registered Tourist Guides | Registered Tourist Guides Registered | 112  | 2646000      |
| KERALA           | Travel and                               | Tourist Guides Tourist               | 29   | 4000000      |
|                  | Tourism Stakeholders                     | Transport Operators                  | 4    |              |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | Registered Tourist Guides                | Registered Tourist Guides            | 12   | 1200000      |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders          | Tour Operators                       | 1    | 800000       |
| MAHARASHTRA      | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders          | Tourist Transport Operators          | 1    | 950000       |
| MEGHALAYA ODISHA | Registered Tourist Guides Registered     | Registered Tourist Guides Registered | 1    | 80000 500000 |
| RAJASTHAN        | Registered Tourist Guides                | Guides Registered Tourist Guides     | 5 82 | 7810000      |
| RAJASTHAN        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders          | Tourist Transport Operators          | 1    | 150000       |
| SIKKIM           | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders          | Tour Operators                       | 1    | 800000       |

| SIKKIM        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Tourist Transport Operators   |   1 |   1000000 |
|---------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----|-----------|
| SIKKIM        | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Travel Agents                 |   4 |   2950000 |
| TAMIL NADU    | Registered Tourist Guides         | Registered Tourist Guides     |  84 |   3850000 |
| TELANGANA     | Registered Tourist Guides         | Registered Tourist Guides     |  29 |   1820000 |
| TELANGANA     | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Tour Operators                |   2 |    830000 |
| TELANGANA     | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Travel Agents                 |   1 |     80000 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | Registered Tourist Guides         | Registered Tourist Guides     |  10 |    883000 |
| WEST BENGAL   | Registered Tourist Guides         | Registered Tourist Guides     |   1 |     25000 |
| WEST BENGAL   | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Tour Operators                |   4 |   3600000 |
| WEST BENGAL   | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Tourist Transport Operators   |   4 |   4000000 |
| WEST BENGAL   | Travel and Tourism Stakeholders   | Travel Agents                 |   1 |    650000 |
|               | Total                             |                               | 449 |  59824000 |

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## ANNEXURE-III

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

The following are the various fiscal relief measures announced by the  Government  for  redeveloping  post-covid  tourism  sector  of  the country:

- i. The Government announced Atmanirbhar Bharat Package vide which  Rs.3.00  lakh  crore  collateral  free  automatic  loan  has been  made  available  for  MSMEs.  The  loan  will  have  4-  year
2. tenure and 12-month moratorium.
- ii. Under  Atmanirbhar  Bharat  package,  PF  contribution  of  both employer and employee has been reduced to 10% each from existing 12% each for all establishments covered by EPFO for
4. three months
- iii. The Central government also gave relief from various regulatory compliances under Income Tax Act, companies Act and GST Act for varying period in the wake of COVID-19 crisis to ensure business continuity and survival.
- iv. The Government announced the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee  Scheme  (ECLGS)  3.0  on  31.3.2021  to  support eligible  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSMEs)  and business  enterprises  in  meeting  their  operational  liabilities and  restarting  their  business.  The  scope  of  the  scheme  was enlarged to cover business enterprises in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism and Leisure & Sporting sectors. Provision of additional corpus of Rs. 50,000 crores have also been made for hospitality  sector.  The  validity  of  ECLGS  (ECLGS  1.0,  ECLGS 2.0  &  ECLGS  3.0)  has  been  extended  till  31.03.2023  or  till guarantees for an amount of Rs. 5.00 lakh crores are issued.
- v. On  28th June  2021,  the  Government  announced  a  stimulus package  to  boost  diverse  sectors  of  economy  affected  by COVID-19  pandemic  and  provide  impetus  for  growth  and employment measures. The package comprises a total of 17 measures in three broad categories, which included 'Economic relief from Pandemic, with special focus on health and reviving travel  and  tourism  sectors'  and  'Impetus  for  Growth  and employment'.
- vi. For the purpose of reviving the distressed tourism sector and to discharge their liabilities and restart their business affected due  to  Covid-19  pandemic,  Ministry  of  Tourism  implemented the  "Loan  Guarantee  Scheme  for  Covid  Affected  Tourism Service Sector (LGSCATSS)". Details of the scheme has been elaborated in part (c) & (e) of the reply above.
- vii. With an aim to incentivize stakeholders in the  Tourism industry, the Guidelines for the scheme of Market Development Assistance (MDA) for providing financial support to  stakeholders  for  the  promotion  of  Domestic  Tourism  have been modified to enhance the scope and reach of the scheme, so  as  to  provide  maximum  benefits  to  the  stakeholders. Additional promotional activities have been incorporated including online promotions and the extent of financial assistance permissible has been enhanced. The Guidelines of the Marketing Development Assistance Programme under the Overseas Promotion and Publicity Scheme has been modified to  enhance  the  scope  and  reach  of  the  scheme,  so  as  to provide maximum benefits to the stakeholders in the tourism industry.
- viii. For  the  purpose  of  restarting  inbound  tourism  and  attracting foreign tourists in the country, Government of India extended first 5 lakh visas to the foreign tourists from potential tourism markets, free of cost. The benefit of free of charge visa was available only once per tourist during the issuance of the first 5 lakh tourist visas.
- ix. Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  restored  e-Tourist  Visa  for  foreign nationals of 156 countries w.e.f. 15th March, 2022. Also, after having recognized the increased vaccination coverage across the  globe  and  in  consultation  with  the  stakeholders,  the Government of India resumed scheduled commercial international passenger services to/from India w.e.f. 27th March, 2022.

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## ANNEXURE-IV

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

Summary of Approved Travel Trade Operators as on 19-07-2022

| Sr no.   | State              | Tour Operators   | Tourist Transport Operators   |   Travel Agents |   Total |
|----------|--------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|---------|
| 1.       | Karnataka          | 19               | 7                             |               7 |      33 |
| 2.       | Kerala             | 49               | 6                             |              15 |      70 |
| 3.       | Goa                | 4                | 0                             |               2 |       6 |
| 4.       | Gujarat            | 7                | 1                             |              13 |      21 |
| 5.       | Himachal Pradesh   | 8                | 0                             |               1 |       9 |
| 6. Jammu | and Kashmir 10     |                  | 0                             |               3 |      13 |
| 7.       | Assam              | 21               | 0                             |               2 |      23 |
| 8.       | Bihar              | 10               | 0                             |               1 |      11 |
| 9.       | Haryana            | 84               | 1                             |               8 |      93 |
| 10.      | Chandigarh         | 1                | 1                             |               2 |       4 |
| 11.      | New Delhi          | 363              | 56                            |              70 |     489 |
| 12.      | Sikkim             | 2 0              |                               |               0 |       2 |
| 13.      | Tamil Nadu         | 37               | 11                            |              22 |      70 |
| 14.      | Tripura            | 5                | 0                             |               0 |       5 |
| 15.      | Uttar Pradesh      | 62               | 3                             |              12 |      77 |
| 16.      | Andman And Nicobar | 4                | 0                             |               1 |       5 |
| 17.      | Andhra Pradesh     | 3                | 0                             |               0 |       3 |
| 18.      | Manipur            | 7                | 0                             |               1 |       8 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya          | 1                | 0                             |               0 |       1 |
| 20.      | Odisha             | 11               | 1                             |               1 |      13 |
| 21.      | Puducherry         | 2                | 0                             |               2 |       4 |
| 22.      | Punjab             | 5                | 1                             |              10 |      16 |
| 23.      | Rajasthan          | 23               | 6                             |               3 |      32 |
| 24.      | Madhya Pradesh     | 2                | 2                             |               4 |       8 |
| 25.      | Maharashtra        | 55               | 6                             |              49 |     110 |
| 26.      | West Bengal        | 53               | 5                             |              15 |      73 |
| 27.      | Chattisgarh        | 2                | 0                             |               0 |       2 |

| 28.   | Jharkhand   |   3 |   0 |   2 |    5 |
|-------|-------------|-----|-----|-----|------|
| 29.   | Uttrakhand  |   8 |   0 |   1 |    9 |
| 30.   | Telangana   |   6 |   0 |   6 |   12 |
| 31.   | Ladakh      |   1 |   0 |   0 |    1 |
|       | Total       | 868 | 107 | 253 | 1228 |

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ANNEXURE-V

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

State wise breakup of Regional Level Guide (RLGs)

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs         |   No. of Guides |
|----------|----------------------------|-----------------|
| 1.       | Delhi                      |             738 |
| 2.       | Haryana                    |              35 |
| 3.       | Rajasthan                  |             977 |
| 4.       | Uttar Pradesh              |             749 |
| 5.       | Punjab                     |              03 |
| 6.       | Jammu & Kashmir            |              01 |
| 7.       | Uttrakhand                 |              02 |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh           |              04 |
| 9.       | Meghalaya                  |              01 |
| 10.      | Tamil Nadu & Puducherry    |             120 |
| 11.      | Karnataka                  |              34 |
| 12.      | Kerala                     |              86 |
| 13.      | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana |              15 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra                |             180 |
| 15.      | Goa                        |              31 |
| 16.      | Gujarat                    |              22 |
| 17.      | Chattisgarh                |              02 |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh             |             106 |
| 19.      | Bihar                      |              25 |
| 20.      | Jharkhand                  |              02 |
| 21.      | Odisha                     |              23 |
| 22.      | West Bengal                |              69 |
| 23.      | Assam                      |              02 |
| Total    |                            |            3227 |

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ANNEXURE-VI

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1291 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 REGARDING STUDY BY NCAER ON ECONOMIC LOSSES IN TOURISM

State-wise list of number of Hotels registered on NIDHI Portal as on 20.07.2022.

|   Sr. No. | State/UT Name       | Classified Units   | Unclassified Units   |
|-----------|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | Andaman And Nicobar | 3                  | 1                    |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 31                 | 15                   |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 3                  | 2                    |
|         4 | Assam               | 21                 | 23                   |
|         5 | Bihar               | 3                  | 3                    |
|         6 | Chandigarh          | 3                  | 2                    |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh        | 31                 | 3                    |
|         8 | Delhi               | 44                 | 17                   |
|         9 | DNH & DD            | 2                  | 0                    |
|        10 | Goa                 | 29                 | 26                   |
|        11 | Gujarat             | 145                | 49                   |
|        12 | Haryana             | 27                 | 15                   |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh    | 4                  | 4                    |
|        14 | Jammu and Kashmir   | 0                  | 1                    |
|        15 | Jharkhand           | 3                  | 3                    |
|        16 | Karnataka           | 35                 | 25                   |
|        17 | Kerala              | 703                | 249                  |
|        18 | Ladakh              | 1                  | 1                    |
|        19 | Lakshadweep         | -                  | -                    |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh      | 11                 | 16                   |
|        21 | Maharashtra         | 84                 | 54                   |
|        22 | Manipur             | 2                  | 1                    |
|        23 | Meghalaya           | 1                  | 3                    |
|        24 | Mizoram             | 2                  | 0                    |
|        25 | Nagaland            | -                  | 4                    |
|        26 | Odisha              | 15                 | 2                    |
|        27 | Puducherry          | 0                  | 11                   |
|        28 | Punjab              | 15                 | 23                   |
|        29 | Rajasthan           | 19                 | 23                   |

| 30.   | Sikkim        | 4    | 6          |
|-------|---------------|------|------------|
| 31.   | 39            | 56   | Tamil Nadu |
| 32.   | Telangana 21  | 15   |            |
| 33.   | Tripura 0     |      | 1          |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh | 20   | 18         |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   | 4    | 6          |
| 36.   | West Bengal   | 48   | 12         |
| Total | Total         | 1416 | 690        |

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