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Sir, India, as you know, is an abode of natural beauty. Many places outside India, in different countries, in Europe, America or elsewhere find a place in the international tourist maps. A very few places in India are shown as tourist places in such maps. Naturally, Jammu & Kashmir is shown there. The Himalayas are also shown because of mountaineering. Many tourists come to India for undertaking mountaineering.
MR. CHAIRMAN : Shri Sriballav Panigrahi, you know the limitation.
SHRI SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI : Just a second. I am encouraged by Shri Bhagwan Shankar Rawat and also by the encouragement you have given to him. This encourages me also. I quite reasonably and hopefully deserve such encouragement from you.
MR. CHAIRMAN: But there are certain constraints and we have to work within those constraints. You are a very senior and experienced Member. You must go by the rules to some extent.
SHRI SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI : Let us come to the job.
The Himalayas and Jammu & Kashmir figure there. Agra figures there for Taj Mahal, Maharashtra for Ajanta and Ellora caves and so on.
Now, I come to Orissa. It is the home State of the Minister. He knows it very well, even better than I.
Sir, there is a golden triangle connecting Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri. Puri does have the distinction of possessing the most beautiful, attractive and one of the longest beaches in the world. Then, there are rock edifices in and around Bhubaneswar. There are ornamental and artistic temples in Orissa. There are places like Dhauli, Nandankanan, Pathanpot, Chilka, etc., in Orissa where a lot of tourists come every year. The Sun Temple at Konark is known as the Black Pagoda of Asia and the architecture there is wonderful. There is no God inside that temple, but because of architectural beauty and different type of appeal of the sculptures, a lot of tourists are attracted to this place. But these places in Orissa are neglected. The foreign tourists are coming only because of the beauty of these places.
Then, tourism is a good and dependable source of earning foreign exchange to our country. I need not explain as to how important foreign exchange is to our economy. I will not go into it because of time constraint. But unless good facilities are created in these places, domestic and international tourists will not be attracted. The life style of international tourists are different from the life style of our country. So, there must be good hotels and other arrangements in places like Konark and Puri. Puri has a beautiful beach. But if there is no beautification in the surrounding area and if there are no good hotels with swimming pool and other facilities, the foreign tourists will not be attracted.
Then, Chilka lake is another attraction in Orissa. Chilka lake is the largest brackish water lake in Asia and millions of birds do migrate there during the winter season every year.
MR. CHAIRMAN : Shri Panigrahi, the time is very limited. Please come to the question.
SHRI SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI: Sir, I am coming to the question.
Sir, infrastructural facilities like good hotels, international airports etc. are very much essential to promote tourism in our country. There is the famous Hirakud dam in Orissa. The construction work of the international airport in Orissa has to be expedited. What does the Government of India propose to do regarding development of infrastructural facilities like hotels and beautification of these places in Orissa?
In the international tourist maps, all these places are not shown. Judging by the sizeable number of foreign tourists who are coming to India and also considering the importance of certain places in our country, what is the difficulty of the Government in showing those places in the international tourist maps?
Sir, I know that there is constraint of funds. But some important tourist places have to be earmarked for development. We have both domestic as well as international airports in our country. Recently, there was a merger of International Airports Authority of India and National Airports Authority. So, considering the importance of the tourist places in our country and also considering the attraction of foreign tourists to our country, what is the difficulty that the Government is confronting in upgrading certain highly important tourist places like Chilka lake, Bhubaneswar, Konark, Puri etc. as international tourist centres and provide enough facilities there?
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SHRI K.P.SINGH DEO (DHENKANAL): Sir, the hon. Minister need not feel shy in developing tourism in his own State. We all will support him.
SHRI RAM NAIK : Sir, kindly extend the time till the debate is over.
MR. CHAIRMAN : I think the time should be extended till the Minister's reply is completed.
SEVERAL HON. MEMBERS: Yes, Sir.
MR. CHAIRMAN: Shri Rudy, please be brief.
SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY (CHHAPRA): Sir, I have always been very brief.
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MR. CHAIRMAN : Your name has not been balloted. You might have given your name for the ballot, but it does not indicate your name.
Unfortunately, till now this sector has not been given the kind of importance that was supposed to be given. This is the only sector which is bringing the highest foreign exchange to our country. If you look at the Budget of Tourism Ministry and the total foreign exchange that we get, you will find the total foreign exchange in 1996-97 is three billion dollars and the total arrivals of foreign tourists is 2.3 million. If you ask me, as the Minister in charge of Tourism in the Government of India, I will say that I am not at all happy with this figure.
China is getting 52 million tourists.
Indonesia is getting nearly more than five million tourists.
Bali Islands in Indonesia is getting nearly 3.5 million tourists.
But our figure is only 2.3 million. When this question was raised on what are the destinations for the foreign tourists in India, I said India in totality is the destination for foreign tourists and they want to come and spend time in India and in India all kinds of tourists can be accommodated, but the kind of infrastructure needed is not available and that is the unfortunate part of the total scenario that now exists in the tourism sector itself.
I do not say that nothing has been done in the past or we are not doing anything at all. But I am talking of the way we are doing, the speed at which we are moving. I think the neighbouring countries and the smaller countries are attracting more number of foreign tourists and getting more foreign exchange compared to India which is such a vast country having such a vast potential.
SHRI SONTOSH MOHAN DEV (SILCHAR): Now, Nepal is having casinos.
SHRI SRIKANTA JENA: Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev, it is not only a question of casinos. I had gone to China in 1981. I saw the Chinese development, their attitude towards the tourism sector and the awareness among the people about the tourism sector. They have maintained everything. If you go to a street, you can find that even a tree is maintained in such a fashion that it is an attraction for the tourists. If you go to a restaurant, you can find that they have maintained the restaurant in such a fashion that that is also a point of attraction for the tourists. If you go to any lake, you can find the beauty of it. The point is that the kind of expenditure is not much. But the attitude towards beautification and the approach towards tourists matter much. Unfortunately, it happens in our country that if a foreign tourist goes to different parts of the country, the attitude of our people is just to exploit the foreign tourist. If this attitude is there, then the tourists will never come, rather the number of foreign tourists will decrease and it will never increase. What I mean to say is that the awareness about tourism should be there. When one foreign tourist comes to our country, how much foreign exchange are we getting? That aspect also needs to be highlighted so that people in general can be aware of it. They can know what is actually the potential in the tourism sector. We must treat the foreign tourists properly so that more number of tourists can come.
As you have rightly said about the Buddhist circuits, more and more people want to come to the Buddhist circuits, particularly from China, Japan and other Asian countries. Wherever they want to come, the infrastructure has not been properly built. The kind of hotel that is required is not available. The kind of transport that is required is not available.
SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY : The law and order problem is there.
SHRI SRIKANTA JENA: This is an inbuilt problem that I cannot help.
SHRI BHAGWAN SHANKAR RAWAT (AGRA):
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MR. CHAIRMAN : Do not enter into that region, please.
SHRI SRIKANT JENA: I fully agree with you. I will just draw your attention to the importance of this sector itself. I just want to mention about the employment potential that has been created in our country. I want to mention about the recent growth that has taken place. The picture is that today in India 8.5 million people are directly employed in the tourism sector constituting 2.4 per cent of the total labour force. In addition, about 11.5 million people are indirectly employed due to tourism development. It is estimated that as per the 1985-86 price level of the rupees invested, for every ten lakh, 12.6 jobs are created in the manufacturing sector; 44.7 jobs are created in the agricultural sector and 47.5 jobs are created in the tourism sector. This is the calculation that they have made. Whatever investment that is being made, the maximum benefit goes towards employment. It takes care of the unemployment problem also. But the point is that the kind of investment that is required is not available. Today, hotel rooms are not available. It is estimated that 63,000 additional hotel rooms would be immediately required even for accommodating three million tourists. We are getting 2.3 million tourists. If you add another 70,000 more, then you required at least 63,000 rooms extra. What is the target as per the 1992 Action Plan?...(Interruptions)
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