Lok Sabha Question No. 2148 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Guidelines to Visit Tourist Places
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2148

## ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## GUIDELINES TO VISIT TOURIST PLACES

## †2148. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  tourist  places  of  the  country  are  witnessing  huge footfall of tourists;
- (b) whether  the  Covid-19  guidelines  are  being  kept  at  bay  at  these places;
- (c) whether the Corona report is not being made mandatory for visiting these tourist places;
- (d) if so, whether the Government has taken action in this regard; and
- (e) whether the Government has issued any guidelines in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF TOURISM

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): Ministry of Tourism does not maintain data on tourist place wise footfall of tourists. However, State/UT wise details of Domestic Tourist Visits  (DTVs)  and  Foreign  Tourist  Visits  (FTVs)  during  last  three  years are at Annexure.
- (b) to (f): Development and Promotion of tourist places is primarily the responsibility  of  the  State  Government/Union  Territory  Administration. However, Ministry of Tourism has formulated Operational Recommendations  (SoPs)  for  the  different  segments  of  Travel  and Hospitality  Industries  such  as  Hotels,  Restaurant,  B&B  &  Home  Stays and  Travel  Agents,  Tour  Operators,  Tourist  Guides  etc.  based  on  the guidelines issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India for  the  Covid-19  pandemic. The  same  has  been  circulated  to  Tourism Secretaries of all States/UTs and Travel, Trade & Hospitality Associations.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO.†2148 ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021 REGARDING GUIDELINES TO VISIT TOURIST PLACES

DOMESTIC TOURIST VISTIS (DTVs) AND FOREIGN TOURIST VISTIS (FTVs) DURING 2018, 2019 & 2020

|         |                      | 2018      | 2018    | 2019      | 2019    | 2020     | 2020    |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|
| Sr. No. | States/UTs           | DTVs      | FTVs    | DTVs      | FTVs    | DTVs     | FTVs    |
| 1       | A&N Island           | 498279    | 15242   | 505398    | 16206   | 191207   | 5412    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 194767874 | 281083  | 237051508 | 280356  | 70828590 | 67591   |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 512436    | 7653    | 555639    | 7825    | 42871    | 961     |
| 4       | Assam                | 4710617   | 15592   | 5447805   | 26878   | 1266898  | 7285    |
| 5       | Bihar                | 33621613  | 1087971 | 33990038  | 1093141 | 5638024  | 308080  |
| 6       | Chandigarh           | 1538796   | 39681   | 1563795   | 44132   | 417953   | 12218   |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh19329501 |           | 14399   | 17304506  | 6817    | 2810227  | 2322    |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 609435    | 1608    | 618330    | 1666    | 104959   | 222     |
| 9       | Daman & Diu          | 898824    | 5694    | 897804    | 5703    | 297436   | 1382    |
| 10      | Delhi #              | 29114423  | 2740502 | 36467598  | 2983436 | 9583671  | 681230  |
| 11      | Goa                  | 7081559   | 933841  | 7127287   | 937113  | 3258715  | 302751  |
| 12      | Gujarat              | 54369873  | 513113  | 58864661  | 595607  | 19464517 | 210047  |
| 13      | Haryana              | 4888952   | 73977   | 4549017   | 48046   | 2114731  | 17474   |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh     | 16093935  | 356568  | 16829231  | 382876  | 3170714  | 42665   |
| 15      | Jharkhand            | 35408822  | 175801  | 35580768  | 176043  | 2574704  | 490     |
| 16      | J&K                  | 17076315  | 139520  | 16163330  | 57920   | 2519524  | 5317    |
| 17      | Karnataka            | 214306456 | 543716  | 227934714 | 608754  | 77453339 | 165325  |
| 18      | Kerala               | 15604661  | 1096407 | 18384233  | 1189771 | 4988972  | 340755  |
| 19      | Lakshdweep           | 10435     | 1313    | 6985      | 820     | 3462     | 413     |
| 20      | Ladakh               | -         | -       | 241285    | 38652   | 6743     | 1126    |
| 21      | Madhya               | 83969799  | 375476  | 88707139  | 327958  | 23519632 | 99819   |
| 22      | Maharashtra #        | 119191539 | 5078514 | 149294703 | 5528704 | 39234591 | 1262409 |

| 23   | Manipur     |     176109 |     6391 |     167560 |    13608 |     49669 |    3139 |
|------|-------------|------------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|---------|
| 24   | Meghalaya   |    1198340 |    18114 |    1245633 |    25813 |     24734 |    2311 |
| 25   | Mizoram     |      76551 |      967 |     163762 |     2249 |     30890 |     265 |
| 26   | Nagaland    |     101588 |     5010 |     125949 |     5577 |     10979 |     518 |
| 27   | Odisha      |   15208540 |   110818 |   15307637 |   115128 |   4622273 |   10206 |
| 28   | Puducherry  |    1616660 |   141133 |    1713248 |   149919 |   1114942 |   92080 |
| 29   | Punjab      |   44595061 |  1200969 |   47385387 |  1101343 |  16692197 |  359114 |
| 30   | Rajasthan   |   50235643 |  1754348 |   52220431 |  1605560 |  15117239 |  446457 |
| 31   | Sikkim      |    1426127 |    71172 |    1421823 |   133388 |    316408 |   19935 |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu  |  385909376 |  6074345 |  494865257 |  6866327 | 140651241 | 1228323 |
| 33   | Telengana   |   92878329 |   318154 |   83035894 |   323326 |  39997001 |   46694 |
| 34   | Tripura     |     414388 |   102861 |     437201 |   154405 |    127815 |   31877 |
| 35   | Uttar       |  285079848 |  3780752 |  535855162 |  4745181 |  86122293 |  890932 |
| 36   | Uttarakhand |   35609650 |   151320 |   37585920 |   152273 |   7005264 |   41339 |
| 37   | West Bengal |   85657365 |  1617105 |   92366025 |  1656145 |  28841732 |  463285 |
|      | Grand Total | 1853787719 | 28851130 | 2321982663 | 31408666 | 610216157 | 7171769 |

Source:  States/UTs Tourism Department # Data for 2019 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2019/18 on 2018 data and 2020 data is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2020/19 on 2019 data.

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