(a) whether the Government has identified 31 villages in the country to promote tourism in rural areas;
(b) if so, the names of State where these villages are located;
(c) whether the Government is contemplating to make arrangements for opening markets of arts and artifacts during night for foreign tourists;
(d) if so, whether such markets are proposed to be set up near international airports; and
(e) the names of airports selected alongwith markets to be set up for foreign tourists?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. RENUKA CHOWDHURY)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): The States where these villages are located are as per Annexure-I.
(c), (d) and (e): Government has accepted the idea of setting up a Night Bazar.
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2024 ANSWERED ON 13.12.2004
REGARDING RURAL TOURISM.
NAME OF THE STATES WHERE THESE 31 VILLAGE ARE LOCATED
STATE Name of the Project Name of Distt.
1. Andhra Pradesh 1 Pochampalli Nalgonda 2 Srikalahasti Chittoor
2. Assam 3 Durgapur, Golaghat 4 Sualkuchi Kamrup
3. Bihar 5 Nepura Nalanda
4. Chhattisgarh 6 Chitrakote, Bastar 7 Nagarnar, Bastar 6. Gujarat 8 Hodka Kachchh
7 Haryana 9 Jyotisar, Kurukshetra
8. Himachal Pradesh 10 Naggar, Kullu
9. Karnataka 11 Banavasi Sivaganga 10. Kerala 12 Kumbalangi Ernakulam 13 Arnamula, Pathanamthitta 11.MadhyaPradesh 14 Pranpur Ashok Nagar 15 Chaugan, Mandla 12. Maharashtra 16 Sulibhanjan-Khultabad Aurangabad 13. Orissa 17 Raghurajpur, Puri 18 Pipli Puri 14. Punjab 19 Rajasansi Amritsar 15 Rajasthan 20 Neemrana, Alwar 21 Samode Jaipur 22 Haldighati Rajsamand 16 Sikkim 23 Lachen North Distt. 17 Tamil Nadu 24 Kazhugumalai Thoothukudi 25 Karaikudi, Sivaganga 18 Tripura 26 Kamlasagar, West Tripura 19 Uttaranchal 27 Jageshwar, Almora 28 Mana Chamoli 20.Uttar Pradesh 29 Bhaguwala Saharanpur 21. West Bengal 30 Ballabhpur Danga, Birbhum 31 Mukutmonipur Bankura