Lok Sabha Question No. 547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Upgradation of Major Tourist Places
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.547 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## UPGRADATION OF MAJOR TOURIST PLACES

## 547.  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to upgrade all major tourist places with the new technology;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to make tourist places
- more attractive;
- (d) the number of domestic tourist visits in the country especially for the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  developing  spiritual  tourism  circuit  in  the country;
- (f)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) the  details  of  the  completion  of  the  Ramayana,  Mahabharat  and
- Buddhist Circuits in the State of Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF TOURISM

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (c): Development of tourism is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/Union  Territory  Administrations.    However,  the  Ministry  of Tourism  under  its  schemes  of  'Swadesh  Darshan'  and  'National  Mission  on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD)'  provides  central  financial  assista nce  to  State  Governments/UT Administrations etc. for development of tourism infrastructure in the country and to  provide  complete tourism  experience to  the  visitors.  The  Ministry  of Tourism  has  now  revamped  its  Swadesh  Darshan  scheme  as  Swadesh Darshan  2.0  (SD2.0)  for  development  of  sustainable  and  responsible  tourist destinations.  The  guidelines  of  SD2.0  includes  illustrative  list  of  admissible components  covering  use  of  clean  energy  sources,  renewable  sources  of energy for tourist infrastructure, access to clean technology, asset mapping, digital technologies and platforms, procurement of equipment for eco-friendly modes of tourist transport etc.
- (d): The details of the domestic tourist visits in the country including Uttar
- Pradesh is at annexure-I.
- (e)  to  (g):  The  Ministry  of  Tourism  under  the  theme  of  Spiritual  Circuit  has sanctioned 13 projects, the detail of which is at annexure-II.

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Annexure-I STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.547  ANSWERED  ON  06.02.2023  REGARDING  UPGRADATION  OF  MAJOR TOURIST PLACES.

DETAILS  OF  DOMESTIC  TOURIST  VISITS  IN  VARIOUS  STATES  OF  THE COUNTRY INCLUDING UTTAR PRADESH.

|   S. No. | States/UTs           |   DTV 2021 |
|----------|----------------------|------------|
|        1 | Tamil Nadu           |  115336719 |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh        |  109708435 |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh       |   93277569 |
|        4 | Karnataka            |   81333659 |
|        5 | Maharashtra*         |   43569238 |
|        6 | Telangana            |   32000620 |
|        7 | Punjab               |   26640429 |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh       |   25554067 |
|        9 | Gujarat              |   24525210 |
|       10 | West Bengal          |   24325984 |
|       11 | Rajasthan            |   21988734 |
|       12 | Uttarakhand          |   19434475 |
|       13 | Jammu & Kashmir      |   11314920 |
|       14 | Delhi*               |   10642477 |
|       15 | Kerala               |    7537617 |
|       16 | Himachal Pradesh     |    5632270 |
|       17 | Chhattisgarh         |    4747417 |
|       18 | Odisha               |    3742221 |
|       19 | Jharkhand            |    3383642 |
|       20 | Goa                  |    3308089 |
|       21 | Bihar                |    2501193 |
|       22 | Haryana              |    2025450 |
|       23 | Assam                |    1409161 |
|       24 | Puducherry           |    1253213 |
|       25 | Sikkim               |     511669 |
|       26 | Daman & Diu          |     463420 |
|       27 | Leh Ladakh           |     303023 |
|       28 | Chandigarh           |     228809 |
|       29 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |     197802 |
|       30 | Tripura              |     177816 |
|       31 | Meghalaya            |     154409 |
|       32 | A&N Island           |     126238 |

|   33 | Arunachal Pradesh   |   102915 |
|------|---------------------|----------|
|   34 | Mizoram             |    87232 |
|   35 | Manipur             |    49371 |
|   36 | Nagaland            |    23968 |
|   37 | Lakshdweep          |    13500 |

*: Data for 2021 is estimated by applying all India growth rate for 2021/19 on 2019 data

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Annexure-II

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  TO  (g)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.547 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023 REGARDING UPGRADATION OF MAJOR TOURIST PLACES.

## DETAILS OF PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER SPIRITUAL CIRCUIT THEME OF SWADESH DARSHAN SCHEME

(Amt. in crore)

|   S. No. | Name of State   | Year       | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                          |   Amt. Sanctione d |   Amt. Released |
|----------|-----------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Kerala          | (2016- 17) | Development of Sabarimala - Erumeli- Pampa-Sannidhanam as a Spiritual Circuit in District Pathanamthitta, Kerala.                                                                                     |              54.88 |           27.44 |
|        2 | Manipur         | (2016- 17) | Development of Shri Govindajee Temple, Shri Bijoy Govindajee Temple - Shri Gopinath Temple - Shri Bungshibodon Temple - Shri Kaina Temple.                                                            |              45.34 |           43.04 |
|        3 | Kerala          | (2016- 17) | Development of Sree Padmanabha Temple, Aranmula- Sabrimala                                                                                                                                            |              78.08 |           73.77 |
|        4 | Bihar           | (2016- 17) | Development of Kanwaria Route: Sultanganj- Mojma- Banka.                                                                                                                                              |              44.76 |           42.52 |
|        5 | Uttar Pradesh   | (2016- 17) | Development of Spiritual Circuit-I(Shahjahanpur- Allahabad-Basti- Ahar- Aligharh-Kasgunj-Sarosi- Pratapgarh-Unnao- Kaushambi- Mirzapur- Gorakpur- Kairana- Doamriyagunj- Bagpat- Barabanki- Azamgarh) |              71.91 |           68.32 |
|        6 | Uttar Pradesh   | (2016- 17) | Development of Bijnor- Meerut- Kanpur- Kanpur Dehat- Banda- Ghazipur- Salempur- Ghosi- Balia- Ambedkar Nagar- Aligarh- Fatehpur- Deoria- Mahoba-                                                      |              67.51 |           64.14 |

|       |               |            | Sonbhadra- Chandauli- Mishrikh- Bhadohi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |        |        |
|-------|---------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|
| 7.    | Rajasthan     | (2016- 17) | Development of Churu (SalasarBalaji) - Jaipur (Shri SamodeBalaji, GhatkeBalaji, BandhekeBalaji)- Alwar (PandupoleHanumanji, Bharathari)- Viratnagar (Bijak, Jainnasiya, Ambika Temple)- Bharatpur (Kaman Region)- Dholpur (Muchkund) - MehandipurBalaji- Chittorgarh (Sanwaliyaji) |  87.05 |  72.23 |
| 8.    | Puducherry    | (2017- 18) | Development of Karaikal, Yanam and Puducherry                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |  34.96 |  30.94 |
| 9.    | Bihar         | (2017- 18) | Development of Mandar Hill & Ang Pradesh.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  44.55 |  42.32 |
| 10    | Maharashtra   | (2018- 19) | Development of Waki- Adasa- Dhapewada- Paradsingha- Chota Taj Bagh- Telankhandi- Girad                                                                                                                                                                                             |  53.96 |  32.04 |
| 11.   | Uttar Pradesh | (2018- 19) | Development of Jewar- Dadri-Sikandrabad-Noida- Khurja-Banda                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  12.03 |  11.43 |
| 12.   | Uttar Pradesh | (2018- 19) | Development of Gorakhnath Temple(Gorakhpur), Devipattan Temple (Balrampur) and Vatvashni Temple(Domariyaganj)                                                                                                                                                                      |  18.3  |  16.81 |
| 13.   | Kerala        | (2018- 19) | Development Sivagiri Sree Narayana Guru Ashram- Arruvipuram- KunnumparaSreeSubrahma nia- ChembazhanthiSree Narayana Gurukulam                                                                                                                                                      |  66.43 |  15.57 |
| Total | Total         | Total      | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 679.76 | 540.57 |

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