Udaipur Road Show

JAIPUR: Gayatri Rathore, principal secretary for tourism, on Tuesday said that Rajasthan has immense potential for investment in the tourism sector due to various factors like accounting for 75% of heritage hotels in India, 6th rank in foreign tourists arrivals and 10th in domestic tourists arrivals among other reasons.
The senior official was addressing at the 5th promotional roadshow for Rajasthan Domestic Travel Mart held at Durbar Hall in City Palace in Udaipur on Tuesday. The RDTM which will be held from July 22-24 is jointly organized by the Department of Tourism and the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism in Rajasthan. Rathore further said that with the announcement of industry status for the tourism and hospitality sector in the Budget of 2022-2023, the sector is eligible for all industrial tariffs and levies.
“All tourism units defined in the Rajasthan Tourism Unit Policy 2015 are eligible for these industry benefits. In this regard, more than 560 applications have been received so far and 200certificates issued,” added Rathore. Similarly, the Energy Department and JVVNL, JDVVNL and AVVNL have issued orders to charge industrial tariffs on electricity from tourism units and the LSG department has issued an order for levying UD tax on industrial rates,” added Rathore.