The number
of domestic and foreign visitors to the centrally protected ticketed monuments
of Ajanta and Ellora
caves during 2009, 2010 and 2011 were as follows:
|
Year
|
Visitors
|
Ajanta Caves
|
Ellora Caves
|
|
2009
|
Domestic
|
346018
|
738841
|
|
Foreign
|
22964
|
18946
|
|
2010
|
Domestic
|
389572
|
1187432
|
|
Foreign
|
28192
|
32540
|
|
2011
|
Domestic
|
412473
|
1308262
|
|
Foreign
|
28576
|
33023
|
To
encourage Hospitality Sector a Five Year Tax Holiday has been announced in 2008
- 09 for 2, 3 and 4 star category hotels located in all UNESCO declared World
Heritage sites (Except Mumbai and Delhi) for hotels operating w.e.f. 01.04.2008
to 31.03.2013.
Other efforts made by Ministry of
Tourism for improving the facilities for foreign and domestic tourists include,
creation/upgradation of tourism infrastructure,
wayside amenities, improving road connectivity leading to the tourist sites,
especially from the National Highways/State Highways and other points under its
Plan Scheme of Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations and
Circuits, increasing the availability of trained manpower, etc.
This information was given by the Minister
of State for Tourism (IC) Dr. K. Chiranjeevi in a
written reply in the Rajya Sabha
today.
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SAMIR/RV
(Release ID :89630)