Ministry of Tourism
Tourist Inflow in Jammu & Kashmir
Posted On:
21 JUL 2025 4:51PM by PIB Delhi
The number of domestic and foreign tourist visits in Jammu & Kashmir during the last five years is given below:
|
Year
|
DTVs
|
FTVs
|
Annual Growth in DTV (%)
|
Annual Growth in FTV (%)
|
|
2020
|
25,19,524
|
5,317
|
-
|
-
|
|
2021
|
1,13,14,920
|
1,650
|
349.09
|
-68.97
|
|
2022
|
1,84,99,332
|
19,985
|
63.50
|
1111.21
|
|
2023
|
2,06,79,336
|
55,337
|
11.78
|
176.89
|
|
2024
|
2,35,24,629
|
65,452
|
13.76
|
18.28
|
Source: Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department
The Ministry of Tourism, under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, sanctioned a total of six (6) projects in the year 2016-17 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with a total sanctioned cost of ₹519.58 crore. All these projects have since been physically completed. The list of the projects sanctioned under Swadesh Darshan scheme in UT of Jammu & Kashmir is placed at the annexure.
The Ministry has not undertaken any formal study to date to assess the extent of direct and indirect employment generated in the region under the Scheme during the last five years.
This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
tourism4pib[at]gmail[dot]com
ANNEXURE
The list of the Projects Sanctioned Under Swadesh Darshan scheme in UT of Jammu & Kashmir is as under
|
Sr. No.
|
Circuit / Sanction Year
|
Name of the Project
|
Amount Sanctioned
in ₹ Crore
|
|
1
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Jammu-Srinagar-Pahalgam-Bhagwati Nagar-Anantnag-Salamabad Uri-Kargil-Leh
|
77.33
|
|
2
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Tourist Facilities at Jammu-Rajouri-Shopian-Pulwama.
|
81.60
|
|
3
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Tourist Facilities - Construction of Assets in lieu of those Destroyed in Floods in 2014 under PM Development Package
|
90.43
|
|
4
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Tourist facilities at Mantalai and Sudhmahadev
|
91.99
|
|
5
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Tourist facilities at Anantnag-Pulwama-Kishtwar-Pahalgam-Zanskar Padum - Daksum - Ranjit Sagar Dam
|
86.39
|
|
6
|
Himalayan Circuit
2016-17
|
Development of Tourist Facilities at Gulmarg-Baramulla- Kupwara- Kargil - Leh
|
91.84
|
|
Total
|
519.58
|
(Release ID: 2146397)