Lok Sabha Question No. 37 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: Improvement of Tourist and Religious Places
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Devendrappa Y

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.37 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021

## IMPROVEMENT OF TOURIST AND RELIGIOUS PLACES

37. SHRI Y. DEVENDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- whether it is a fact that the Domestic Tourist Visits have been growing at an astonishing pace in recent decades, especially
- (a) religious tourism in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  Domestic  Tourist  Visits  (DTVs)  in  the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of steps taken by the Government in consultations with the State Governments to improve the condition of tourist and religious places to make them tourists friendly?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

## MINISTER OF TOURISM

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir.  Domestic  Tourist  Visits  (DTVs)  have  been increasing till 2019, however, during year 2020, DTVs has decreased in  all  States/UTs.  Details  of  state/UT  wise  DTVs  during  last  three years are given in the Annexure. Data of tourist visits at religious places is not centrally maintained.
- (c): Development  and  promotion  of  tourism  including  religious places is primarily the responsibility of the State Government/Union Territories.  However,  Ministry  of  Tourism,  Government  of  India under  its  schemes  of  Swadesh  Darshan,  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) and Assistance to Central Agencies, provides central financial assistance to the State Government/Union Territories/Central Agencies  for  development  of  tourism  related  infrastructure  and facilities in  the  country.  The  projects  under  the  scheme  are

identified  for  development  in  consultation  with  concerned  State Government/UT Administration and are sanctioned subject to availability of funds, submission of suitable detailed projects reports,  adherence  to  scheme  guidelines  and  utilization  of  funds released earlier. Further, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has launched  the  'Adopt  a  Heritage:  Apni  Dharohar,  Apni  Pehchaan' project  which  is  a  collaborative  effort  by  the  Ministry  of  Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Survey of India and State/UTs for developing tourism amenities at heritage/natural/tourist sites spread across India for  making  them  tourist  friendly,  in  a  planned and  phased  manner.  The  projects  aims  to  encourage  companies from public sector, private sector, corporate citizens, NonGovernment Organizations (NGOs) individuals and other stakeholder to take up the responsibility of developing and upgrading the basic and  advanced  tourist  amenities  at  heritage/natural/tourist  sites. They  would  also  look  after  the  operation  &  maintenance  of  the same.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.37 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2021 REGARDING IMPROVEMENT OF TOURISTS AND RELIGIOUS PLACES

DOMESTIC TOURIST VISITS (DTVs) DURING 2018, 2019 & 2020

|   S. No | States/UTs           | 2018      |      2019 |     2020 |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|       1 | A&N Island           | 498279    |    505398 |   191207 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh       | 194767874 | 237051508 | 70828590 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh    | 512436    |    555639 |    42871 |
|       4 | Assam                | 4710617   |   5447805 |  1266898 |
|       5 | Bihar                | 33621613  |  33990038 |  5638024 |
|       6 | Chandigarh           | 1538796   |   1563795 |   417953 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh         | 19329501  |  17304506 |  2810227 |
|       8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 609435    |    618330 |   104959 |
|       9 | Daman & Diu          | 898824    |    897804 |   297436 |
|      10 | Delhi #              | 29114423  |  36467598 |  9583671 |
|      11 | Goa                  | 7081559   |   7127287 |  3258715 |
|      12 | Gujarat              | 54369873  |  58864661 | 19464517 |
|      13 | Haryana              | 4888952   |   4549017 |  2114731 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh     | 16093935  |  16829231 |  3170714 |
|      15 | Jharkhand            | 35408822  |  35580768 |  2574704 |
|      16 | J&K                  | 17076315  |  16163330 |  2519524 |
|      17 | Karnataka            | 214306456 | 227934714 | 77453339 |
|      18 | Kerala               | 15604661  |  18384233 |  4988972 |
|      19 | Lakshdweep           | 10435     |      6985 |     3462 |
|      20 | Ladakh               | -         |    241285 |     6743 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh       | 83969799  |  88707139 | 23519632 |
|      22 | Maharashtra #        | 119191539 | 149294703 | 39234591 |
|      23 | Manipur              | 176109    |    167560 |    49669 |
|      24 | Meghalaya            | 1198340   |   1245633 |    24734 |
|      25 | Mizoram              | 76551     |    163762 |    30890 |
|      26 | Nagaland             | 101588    |    125949 |    10979 |
|      27 | Odisha               | 15208540  |  15307637 |  4622273 |
|      28 | Puducherry           | 1616660   |   1713248 |  1114942 |

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| 29                                   | Punjab                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 44595061                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 47385387                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 16692197                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| 30                                   | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 50235643                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 52220431                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 15117239                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 31                                   | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1426127                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 1421823                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 316408                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 32                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 385909376                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 494865257                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 140651241                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 33                                   | Telangana                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 92878329                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 83035894                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 39997001                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 34                                   | Tripura                                                                                                                                                                                                      | 414388                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 437201                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 127815                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 35                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                | 285079848                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 535855162                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 86122293                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 36                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 35609650                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 37585920                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 7005264                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 37                                   | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 85657365                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 92366025                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 28841732                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                                      | Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1853787719                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2321982663                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 610216157                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Source: State/UTs Tourism Department | Source: State/UTs Tourism Department                                                                                                                                                                         | Source: State/UTs Tourism Department                                                                                                                                                                         | Source: State/UTs Tourism Department                                                                                                                                                                         | Source: State/UTs Tourism Department                                                                                                                                                                         |
| #                                    | Data for 2017 is repeated for 2018. Further, Data for 2019 and 2020 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2019/18 on 2018 data and all India growth rate for 2020/19 on 2019 data respectively. | Data for 2017 is repeated for 2018. Further, Data for 2019 and 2020 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2019/18 on 2018 data and all India growth rate for 2020/19 on 2019 data respectively. | Data for 2017 is repeated for 2018. Further, Data for 2019 and 2020 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2019/18 on 2018 data and all India growth rate for 2020/19 on 2019 data respectively. | Data for 2017 is repeated for 2018. Further, Data for 2019 and 2020 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2019/18 on 2018 data and all India growth rate for 2020/19 on 2019 data respectively. |

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