Lok Sabha Question No. 48 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Tourist Inflow in Jammu & Kashmir
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Shri Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.48 ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025

## TOURIST INFLOW IN JAMMU & KASHMIR

48. SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  domestic  and  international  tourists  visited Jammu and Kashmir during the last five years and the current year;
- (b) whether  the  Swadesh  Darshan  Scheme  has  had  a  measurable impact on the tourist inflow in the region and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  list  of  heritage  sites  and  tourist  destinations  in  Jammu  & Kashmir that have been included under the said scheme, along with the year of inclusion; and
- (d) the  number  of  direct  and  indirect  employment  opportunities generated  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir  under  the  said  scheme  during the last five years and the current year?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM     (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a):  The  number  of  domestic  and  foreign  tourist  visits  in  Jammu & Kashmir during the last five years is given below:

|   Year | DTVs        | FTVs    | Annual Growth in DTV (%)   | Annual Growth in FTV (%)   |
|--------|-------------|---------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|   2020 | 25,19,524   | 5,317 - |                            | -                          |
|   2021 | 1,13,14,920 | 1,650   | 349.09                     | -68.97                     |
|   2022 | 1,84,99,332 | 19,985  | 63.50                      | 1111.21                    |
|   2023 | 2,06,79,336 | 55,337  | 11.78                      | 176.89                     |
|   2024 | 2,35,24,629 | 65,452  | 13.76                      | 18.28                      |

Source: Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department

(b)  to  (d):  The  Ministry  of  Tourism,  under  the  Swadesh  Darshan Scheme, sanctioned a total of six (6) projects in the year 2016-17 for the  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  with  a  total  sanctioned cost of ₹519.58 crore. All these projects have since been physically completed. The  list of the projects  sanctioned  under  Swadesh

Darshan scheme in UT of Jammu & Kashmir is placed at the annexure. The Ministry has not undertaken any formal study to date to assess the extent of direct and indirect employment generated in the region under the Scheme during the last five years.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.48 ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 REGARDING  TOURIST  INFLOW  IN  JAMMU  &  KASHMIR  BY  SHRI TEJASVI SURYA.

The list of the projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan scheme in UT of Jammu & Kashmir is as under:

| Sr. No.   | Circuit / Sanction Year   | Name of the Project                                                                                                                  |   Amount Sanctioned in ₹ Crore |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Jammu-Srinagar- Pahalgam-Bhagwati Nagar- Anantnag-Salamabad Uri-Kargil- Leh                                           |                          77.33 |
| 2         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Tourist Facilities at Jammu-Rajouri-Shopian- Pulwama.                                                                 |                          81.6  |
| 3         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Tourist Facilities - Construction of Assets in lieu of those Destroyed in Floods in 2014 under PM Development Package |                          90.43 |
| 4         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Tourist facilities at Mantalai and Sudhmahadev                                                                        |                          91.99 |
| 5         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Tourist facilities at Anantnag-Pulwama-Kishtwar- Pahalgam-Zanskar Padum - Daksum - Ranjit Sagar Dam                   |                          86.39 |
| 6         | Himalayan Circuit 2016-17 | Development of Tourist Facilities at Gulmarg-Baramulla- Kupwara- Kargil - Leh                                                        |                          91.84 |
| Total     | Total                     | Total                                                                                                                                |                         519.58 |

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