(a) whether the Government have taken any diagnostic exercise on impediments
facing tourists arriving in the country;
(b) If not, whether there is any proposal to undertake such an exercise;
(c) If so, whether the Government propose to asses the loss potential due to these
impeding factors; and
(d) If so, the step the Government propose to take to resolve the same?
MINISTER OF TOURISM AND CULTURE (SHRI JAGMOHAN)
(a)&(b): Yes, sir. A number of corrective measures have been taken up in this regard by
the Government interalia as under:-
- Providing better quality facilities at the airports.
- State Government has been requested to have tourism legislation and tourist police to
improve security. Some of the State Governments like Goa, Kerala, Himachal
Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan etc. have already done the needful.
- Liberal visa regime.
- Relaxation in restricted area/protected area per permits to facilitate travel.
(c)&(d): Government of India in consultation with the State Government, Travel
Trade and other tourism related services is trying to deal with the impediments by
formulating a tourism policy which will take care of removal of all the impediments
faced in developing tourism in the country.