(a) whether a number of foreign tourists are engaged in business at tourist places
in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to issue instructions to the State
Governments to appoint a Tourism Officer to oversee such activities; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM(SHRI SULTAN AHMED)
(a) to (d): A Tourist Visa, according to Ministry of Home Affairs instructions of April,
2010, can only be granted to a foreigner who does not have a residence or occupation
in India and whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight seeing, casual
visit to meet friends and relatives etc. No other activity is permissible on a Tourist Visa.
The Tourist Visa is non-extendable and non-convertible. Ministry of Tourism does not
have any data of foreign tourists engaged in business while in India.