India recorded 18.89 million worldwide vacationer arrivals in 2023 as international change earnings (FEEs) by means of tourism final 12 months surged to Rs 231,927 crore, the federal government mentioned on Wednesday. Overseas vacationer arrivals (FTAs) in India throughout 2023 have been 9.52 million and home vacationer visits (DTVs) have been 2,509 million, in accordance with knowledge launched by the Ministry of Tourism.
The ministry sanctioned a complete of 76 initiatives for an quantity of Rs 5,287.90 Crore beneath the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, out of which 75 initiatives are bodily full.
Underneath this, 40 initiatives price Rs 3,295.76 crore have been accredited beneath particular help to states for capital funding (SASCI) for growth of iconic vacationer centres to world scale throughout 23 states, and 34 initiatives have been sanctioned for Rs 793.20 crore beneath the ‘Swadesh Darshan 2.0’ initiative.
The Swadesh Darshan Scheme has been revamped as Swadesh Darshan 2.0 (SD2.0) with the target to develop sustainable and accountable locations following a vacationer and destination-centric strategy.
The Ministry of Tourism has additionally sanctioned a complete of 48 initiatives for an quantity of Rs 1.646.99 Crore beneath the PRASHAD Scheme, out of which 23 initiatives have been accomplished.
A complete of 65 initiatives for an quantity of Rs 937.56 crore have been sanctioned beneath the Help to Central Businesses Scheme, out of which 38 initiatives have been bodily accomplished, knowledgeable the ministry.
The federal government has formulated tips for ‘Problem Primarily based Vacation spot Improvement’ as sub scheme of Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Scheme to reinforce vacationer expertise throughout all factors of the vacationer worth chain.
The ministry mentioned it has chosen 42 locations beneath varied tourism themes for growth beneath the scheme.
The ‘Chalo India’ marketing campaign was launched to ask Indian diaspora to showcase India to their non-Indian mates worldwide; One lakh free e-visas for international vacationers visiting India have been issued beneath the marketing campaign.
The ministry additionally unveiled the ‘Unbelievable India Content material Hub’ to offer world journey and tourism trade a unified supply of content material on Unbelievable India.
