Sophia Sr. Sec.

School
Bikaner
2019-2020

Name: Anjali Vyas Class: XI-C

Roll No.: 2 Subject: Economics
Submitted To: Mrs. Sinu Joseph
 Introduction
The travel and tourism industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing sectors contributing significantly to the Indian
economic growth and development. India has significant potential to become a preferred tourist destination globally. Its rich
and diverse cultural heritage, abundant natural resources and biodiversity provides numerous tourist attractions. According to
a travel report, India ranks 11th in the Asia pacific region and 65th on travel and tourism Competitiveness Index. The Indian
hospitality sector has been growing at an annual rate of 14 per cent every year adding significant amount of foreign exchange
to the economy. Travel and tourism’s contribution to capital investment is estimated to grow at 6.5 per cent per annum during
2013-2023, above the global average of five per cent. The total market size of tourism and hospitality industry in India stood at
US$ 117.7 billion and is anticipated to touch US$ 418.9 billion by 2022.
Tourism In Rajasthan
Laced with the magic of the sepia luster of Thar Desert and with the promises of colour and valour, Rajasthan is the best place
to rediscover the pulse of India so very eloquently. For a leisure trip, therefore, Rajasthan is indeed the place to be. Rajasthan
is dotted with forts, palaces and historical monuments. Built on high hilltops, in the heart of massive deserts, and on islands in
lakes, the palaces and forts in Rajasthan display the architectural tradition of the state. Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and
Jodhpur are the most preferred destinations for the tourist. Four decades ago tourism in Rajasthan was small industry that
was largely confined to the elite foreign tourists and domestic pilgrim traffic. Tourist arrivals were restricted to a few thousand
tourists annually and were primarily recorded in select places such as Jaipur, the state capital, Udaipur and Jodhpur (for
foreign tourists) and the pilgrim centres of Ajmer, Pushkar and Nathdwara (for domestic tourists). The employment in the
sector and the sector’s contribution to the state economy, as well as employment potential were limited. However, over the
last few decades, due to the focussed efforts of Rajasthan Tourism, various State Government agencies, select entrepreneurs /
individuals, tourism has grown from an elite and pilgrim phenomenon to a mass phenomenon putting Rajasthan firmly on the
foreign and domestic tourist map. Also, as compared to the past, where the tourism in the state meant desert tourism,
heritage tourism (forts, palaces, etc.) and pilgrim tourism, today the tourists have a wide canvas of places, attractions and
activities to choose from in the state, which enhances the overall tourism experience.
Tourism Department Budget
There has been a steady increase in the budget for the schemes of the department. There was a budget provision of 61.12
crore for departmental schemes in the year 2014-2015, which was increased to 190.76 crore in the year 2018-2019. From the
year 2014-2015 to 2018-2019, the following information about the financial and material progress of budget provision and
expenditure for departmental schemes is as follows-

(A) Financial Progress

(Amount in Millions)

Year Budget Provision Expenditure

2014-15 6111.63 4332.32
2015-16 13904.46 12866.12
2016-17 13359.37 11392.52
2017-18 16350.62 15591.74
2018-19 19075.68 8475.92
( till December 2018)
Note: The budget provision for the year 2018-2019 includes the loan amount sanctioned to RTDC of Rs.1150.00 lakh.

(B) Material Progress

Year Name of The Scheme

Development/Conservation of Tourist Sites Fairs and Festivals
2014-15 7 50
2015-16 12 65
2016-17 12 58
2017-18 24 67
2018-19 28 36
(till December 2018)
 Expenditure under schemes (year 2018-19)
Development and preservation of tourists sites through various schemes, development of rural tourist sites, promotion of
fairs and festivals for promotion of tourism, assistance to Rajasthan Fair Authority, Tourism Assistance Force, assistance to
food craft institutions and work of installing lights etc. are done on the important monuments. A total budget allocation of
Rs.163.51 crore was made for these schemes in the year 2017-18, against which Rs.155.9 crore was spent. A provision of
Rs. 190.76 crore was made for these schemes in the year 2018-19. Against this Rs. 84.76 crore was spent till the month of
December 2018.

Expenditure under schemes

Following is the information of budget provision and expenditure from year 2014-15 to 2018-19 (till December 2018) under
the budget items in addition to the plans of Tourism Department:

(Amount in Lakhs)

Year Budget Provision Expenditure

2014-15 745.12 722.78
2015-16 893.07 865.52
2016-17 971.93 761.55
2017-18 1110.66 1035.27
2018-19 1481.66 1043.86
(till December 2018)

Tourist Statistics
Highlighting the state tourism statistics, Raje mentioned that the tourism sector in Rajasthan will see a major surge by 2018.
“By 2018, we expect the foreign tourist arrivals to reach 2.5 million from the current 1.5 million and the domestic traffic to be
around 50 million from the present 30 million.”

Tours are collected by the department from the tourist reception center / information center located in I the state and the
police department at the time of visits made by the tourists visiting the state. In the year 2018, a total of 519.90 lakh tourists
including 502.36 lakh indigenous and 17.54 lakh foreign tourists came to visit Rajasthan. The major things regarding tourists
visiting Rajasthan in are as follows:

There has been a 5.21 percent increase in the arrival of foreign tourists to India in the year 2018. The number of foreign
tourists in Rajasthan has increased by 8.97 percent in the year 2018. The number of foreign tourists in Rajasthan has increased
by 9.39 percent in the year 2018

Quarterly Analysis of domestic and foreign tourist Arrival of foreign tourist in rajasthan in the year 2018
arrivals in the year 2018 with the view of top 10 countries

France
UK
USA
January - March Germany
April - June Australia
July - September Italy
October - Bangladesh
December Canada
Japan
Malasiya
Others
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Tourism Promotion & Marketing

In order to provide information about the tourist places of the state and attract tourists for arrival in the state, the department
is doing tourism promotion and effective distress work every year through the following means:-

1. Printing of tourism promotional literature.

2. Publicity by issuing advertisements in print electronic and other mediums at home and abroad.
3. Participation in national and international seminars, conferences, mart etc.
4. P. R. Rajasthan tourism promotion through social media
5. Publicity through film photo audio visual content website etc.

The year-wise details of the amount spent by the department for all the activities of tourism promotion from the year
2014-15 to 2014-2014 (December 2014) are as follows: -

Amount Spent Under Tourism Promotion Scheme

(Amount in Lakhs)

Year Provision amount Expenditure amount

2014-15 1914.32 1245.90
2015-16 6233.96 6171.24
2016-17 8666.87 8113.26
2017-18 12260.16 12034.24
2018-19 9918.16 5746.88
(December 2018)
Royal trains
A Palace on Wheels: - Indian Railways and R A jointly air-conditioned Tourist Rail Palace on Wheels is being operated
by T. D. C. from the year 1962 to presently the Royal Rajasthan On Wheels has been renamed as Palace on Wheels and
operated in the year 2016-17 from September 2014. being done

The following are the details of income expenditure incurred on operating royal train in the last five years

(Amount in Lakhs)

Year Number of tourists using Income Expenses

the royal train
2014-15 2024 2595.50 1675.03
2015-16 1744 1719.79 860.65
 2016-17 1495 1396.02 822.30
2017-18 1498 1910.00 1190.00
(Pre audit)
2018-19 896 666.27 666.27
(December 2018)
Heritage Palace on Wheels:-

Currently Royal Rajasthan on Wheels has been renamed as Palace on Wheels and the Palace on Wheels is being
renamed as Heritage Palace on Wheels and is being operated in the year 2017-18 from December 2017.

The details of income expenditure from Heritage Palace on Wheels are as follows:-

(Amount in Lakhs)

Year No. of Tourists Income Expenses

2017-18 44 9.16 14.00
(Pre audit)
2018-19 - - -
(till December 2018)
The said royal train did not operate in the year 2018-19 (till the month of December 2018).

Comparative details of actual achievements under the year 2017-18 and the year 2018-19 (till the month of December
2018) are as follows: -

Sr.No. Account item 2017-18 2018-19 (till December 2018)

(Pre audit) (Provisional)
Income Expenditure Profit/Loss Income Expenditure Profit/Loss
1. Accommodation 1053.96 1005.70 48.26 687.49 636.11 51.38
2. Food 1010.47 997.27 13.20 777.54 710.77 66.77
3. Bar 617.40 396.72 220.68 469.92 316.00 153.92
4. Counter 25.42 0.00 25.42 16.59 0.00 16.59
5. Traffic and 159.96 146.27 13.69 113.98 109.34 4.64
Sailing
6. Palace On 1910.00 1190.00 720.00 966.58 666.27 300.31
Wheels
7. Heritage Palace 9.16 14.00 -8.84 0.00 0.00 0.00
On Wheels
8. Light and Sound - - - 72.44 3.72 68.72
9. Miscellaneous 217.29 0.00 217.29 21.28 - 21.28
income
10. Non- Operating - - - 53.48 - 53.48
Income
11. Common - 448.28 -448.28 - 305.80 -305.80
Expenses
12. Repair & - 74.83 -74.83 - 63.98 -63.98
Maintenance
13. Repair & - 88.00 -88.00 - 87.73 -87.73
Maintenance
(Work section)
14. Interest and tax - 7.00 -7.00 - 5.25 -5.25
15. Headquarters - 1250.00 -1250.00 - 515.42 -515.42
administrative
expenditure
16. Advertising and - - - - 0.00 0.00
publicity
17. Deterioration - 300.00 -300.00 - 180.00 -180.00
18. Provision - 700.00 -700.00 - 525.00 -525.00
 Total 5003.66 6618.07 -1614.41 3179.30 4125.39 -946.09

Center wise details of tourists visiting the major tourist places of the state
Sr.No. Tourist 2015 2016 2017 2018
Place Domestic Foreign Domestic Foreign Domestic Foreign Domestic Foreign
1. Mount Abu 2017636 1598 1983435 1672 2682871 2579 4020708 3193
2. Udaipur 727266 165525 756440 183964 830784 190521 929931 207016
3. Jaipur 1201152 596756 1544730 565978 1702665 633990 1787836 681227
4. Pushkar 3786360 69494 3961130 97651 4636005 101673 4455340 109904
5. Jodhpur 598967 126772 972337 138558 894085 144363 1082138 171019
6. Ajmer 4546300 36423 4896070 41112 4651920 59405 4733740 53330
7. Jaisalmer 266175 84533 359597 90937 493755 122851 592695 136406
8. Nathdwara 637722 10 678006 0 713431 0 776194 0
9. Chittorgarh 640688 38879 791840 52340 449091 3417 731733 4673
10. Bharatpur 66322 39608 72701 26368 111796 18398 136863 17413
11. Bikaner 348772 60767 325244 60300 356094 61930 385101 71798
12. Ranakpur 532039 102994 525455 1148806 494174 105272 493969 117107
13. Kota 90598 2574 89546 1778 202298 1860 117596 1889
14. Sawai 85200 67935 106000 51265 139428 55190 132435 58627
Madhopur
15. Jhunjhunu 86555 37420 127687 24477 174883 35999 178833 39802
16. Banswada 113410 82 121487 139 129925 117 132705 50
17. Alwar 95787 10634 119815 8524 147653 12296 130356 5626
18. Sariska 14487 150 10932 198 10069 639 4284 77
19. Rishabhdev 25800 0 26022 0 30419 0 31566 0
20. Bundi 54574 15290 59864 15420 65021 16442 70442 16534
21. Sikar 48305 16 102282 826 152416 1941 179927 2278
22. Silisedh 2071 0 1752 0 1862 2 17019 4
23. Baharod 3650 31 2533 8 1802 0 105725 6959
24. Jhalawad 92426 114 88440 130 103102 166 97916 68
25. Other 19105311 17706 23771870 37278 26741024 40912 28910631 49348
Total 35187573 1475311 41495115 1513729 45916573 1609963 50235643 1754348

Country-wise details of foreign tourists arrived in the state in 2018

Sr.No. Name of Country No. of Tourists

1. United Kingdom 175947
2. France 244351
3. Italy 82301
4. Canada 53822
5. United States Of America 148039
6. Germany 147286
7. Australia 83723
8. Switzerland 16369
9. Japan 33503
10. Sri Lanka 2494
11. Singapore 6810
12. Saudi Arabia 748
13. Malaysia 17787
14. United Arab Emirates 1196
 15. Iran 9352
16. Pakistan 397
17. Bangladesh 56863
18. Other 673360
Total 1754348

Year-wise Comparative Description of Foreign Tourists in the State from Foreign Tourists in India

Year Arrival of Foreign Percentage change Arrival of Foreign Percentage change

tourists in India tourists in
Rajasthan
2014 7679099 10.21 1525574 6.15
2015 8027133 4.53 1475311 -3.29
2016 8804411 9.68 1513729 2.60
2017 10035803 14.00 1609963 6.36
2018 10558571 5.21 1754348 8.97

Tourist arrival in the state from year 2014 to 2018

Sr.No. Year Arrival of Tourists Change in % over last year

Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign Total
1. 2014 33076491 1525574 34602065 9.17 6.15 9.03
2. 2015 35187573 1475311 36662884 6.38 -3.29 5.96
3. 2016 41495115 1513729 43008844 17.93 2.60 17.31
4. 2017 45916573 1609963 47526536 10.66 6.36 10.50
5. 2018 50235643 1754348 51989991 9.41 8.97 9.39

SUGGESTIONS

• Tourism must be given the status of priority sector.

• Preservation of heritage and greater involvement of private sector.

• Better connectivity between the various tourist centers in the state.

• Making the overall experience of the tourist wonderful so that they become the brand ambassador of the state.

• Maintenance of tourist spots and properties with the help of urban local bodies and tourism department.

• Infrastructure around the tourist sites to be developed.

CONCLUSIONS

• The potential of tourism of Rajasthan is yet to be tapped fully. This requires combination of efforts on both policy
and marketing side.

• The basic infrastructure road, rail and air connectivity needs to be strengthened.

• Internet marketing is another area which needs to be focus of marketers for promotion.

• As majority of people visiting Rajasthan are young professional in the age group 26-35 yrs., there is a need to cater
their taste.