Lok Sabha Question No. 971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Special Package for Tourism Industry
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†971 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY

- †971. SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to announce special package for tourism industry which has been affected by the coronavirus crisis;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  State-wise  details  of  the  reduction  in  the  number  of tourists in the country including Uttarakhand and Bundelkhand during the last year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a)  &  (b):   The  Government  announced  various  fiscal  and  relief measures under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Package which is expected  to  benefit  the  Tourism  Industry. The  stimulus  package announced by the Government of India is outlined as under:
-  The  Government  has  further  announced  Atmanirbhar  Bharat Package vide which Rs.3 lakh crore collateral free automatic loan has been made available for MSMEs. The loan will have 4year tenure and will have 12-month moratorium.
-  The Government waived off PF contribution for three months for organisations less than 100 pax and 90% employees earn below Rs.15000. 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 the next three months  i.e. up to September 2020.
-  Deferment of TCS upto October 2020
-  Return filing deferred for three months with no penal interest for companies upto Rs.5 Crore, rest @ 9% penal interest.

The  Central  government  has  also  given  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. Further, RBI has extended moratorium on term loans till 31 st  December 2020.

(c):  The state-wise details are at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.†971  ANSWERED  ON  08.02.2021  REGARDING  SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR TOURISM INDUSTRY

Ministry  of  Tourism,  Government  of  India  compiles  State/UT  wise  yearly data  on  domestic  tourists  visits  (DTV)  and  Foreign  Tourists  Visits  (FTV) with a time lag of one year. Hence data on DTV and FTV for year 2020 is not yet compiled. Further region wise data on DTV and FTV is not centrally maintained  by  Ministry.  However,  details  of  State/UT  wise  DTV  and  FTV during year2019 are given below:

| States/UTs                |       DTV |       DTV | DTV     |     FTV |     FTV | FTV     |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|                           |      2018 |      2019 | Growth  |    2018 |    2019 | Growth  |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    498279 |    505398 | 1.43%   |   15242 |   16206 | 6.32%   |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 194767874 | 237051508 | 21.71%  |  281083 |  280356 | -0.26%  |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |    512436 |    555639 | 8.43%   |    7653 |    7825 | 2.25%   |
| Assam                     |   4710617 |   5447805 | 15.65%  |   15592 |   26878 | 72.38%  |
| Bihar                     |  33621613 |  33990038 | 1.10%   | 1087971 | 1093141 | 0.48%   |
| Chandigarh                |   1538796 |   1563795 | 1.62%   |   39681 |   44132 | 11.22%  |
| Chhattisgarh              |  19329501 |  17304506 | -10.48% |   14399 |    6817 | -52.66% |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |    609435 |    618330 | 1.46%   |    1608 |    1666 | 3.61%   |
| Daman & Diu               |    898824 |    897804 | -0.11%  |    5694 |    5703 | 0.16%   |
| Delhi                     |  29114423 |  36467598 | 25.26%  | 2740502 | 2983436 | 8.86%   |
| Goa                       |   7081559 |   7127287 | 0.65%   |  933841 |  937113 | 0.35%   |
| Gujarat                   |  54369873 |  58864661 | 8.27%   |  513113 |  595607 | 16.08%  |
| Haryana                   |   4888952 |   4549017 | -6.95%  |   73977 |   48046 | -35.05% |
| Himachal Pradesh          |  16093935 |  16829231 | 4.57%   |  356568 |  382876 | 7.38%   |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |  17076315 |  16163330 | -5.35%  |  139520 |   57920 | -58.49% |
| Jharkhand                 |  35408822 |  35580768 | 0.49%   |  175801 |  176043 | 0.14%   |
| Karnataka                 | 214306456 | 227934714 | 6.36%   |  543716 |  608754 | 11.96%  |
| Kerala                    |  15604661 |  18384233 | 17.81%  | 1096407 | 1189771 | 8.52%   |
| Lakshadweep               |     10435 |      6985 | -33.06% |    1313 |     820 | -37.55% |
| Madhya Pradesh            |  83969799 |  88707139 | 5.64%   |  375476 |  327958 | -12.66% |
| Maharashtra               | 119191539 | 149294703 | 25.26%  | 5078514 | 5528704 | 8.86%   |

| Manipur     | 176109     | 167560        | -4.85%   | 6391             | 13608   | 112.92%   |
|-------------|------------|---------------|----------|------------------|---------|-----------|
| Meghalaya   | 1198340    | 1245633       | 3.95%    | 18114            | 25813   | 42.50%    |
| Mizoram     | 76551      | 163762113.93% |          | 967              | 2249    | 132.57%   |
| Nagaland    | 101588     | 125949        | 23.98%   | 5010             | 5577    | 11.32%    |
| Odisha      | 15208540   | 15307637      | 0.65%    | 110818           | 115128  | 3.89%     |
| Puducherry  | 1616660    | 1713248       | 5.97%    | 141133           | 149919  | 6.23%     |
| Punjab      | 44595061   | 47385387      | 6.26%    | 1200969          | 1101343 | -8.30%    |
| Rajasthan   | 50235643   | 52220431      | 3.95%    | 1754348          | 1605560 | -8.48%    |
| Sikkim      | 1426127    | 1421823       | -0.30%   | 71172            | 133388  | 87.42%    |
| Tamil Nadu  | 385909376  | 494865257     | 28.23%   | 6074345          | 6866327 | 13.04%    |
| Tripura     | 414388     | 437201        | 5.51%    | 102861           | 154405  | 50.11%    |
| Telengana   | 92878329   | 83035894      | -10.60%  | 318154           | 323326  | 1.63%     |
| Uttar       | 285079848  | 535855162     | 87.97%   | 3780752          | 4745181 | 25.51%    |
| Pradesh     |            |               |          |                  |         |           |
| Uttarakhand | 35609650   | 37585920      | 5.55%    | 151320           | 152273  | 0.63%     |
| West Bengal | 85657365   | 92366025      | 7.83%    | 1617105          | 1656145 | 2.41%     |
| Ladakh      | 0          | 241285        | #DIV/0!  | 0                | 38652   | #DIV/0!   |
| Total       | 1853787719 | 2321982663    | 25.26%   | 2885113031408666 |         | 8.86%     |

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