According to the State Government of Uttarakhand, the study undertaken by the PHD Chamber of Commerce of India (PHDCCI) reveals the the recent disaster in the State has caused an estimated loss to the economy of about Rs 12,000 crore.
loss of Government tourism properties has been assessed to be approximately at Rs 102 crore. Due to lack of access to the affected areas the loss to private tourism assets has not been assessed so far. In a written reply submitted recently in the lok Sabha, the Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi stated that the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India had announced a special financial package of Rs 100 crore for rebuilding/building destroyed/damaged government tourism assets.
In addition, the ministry has already sanctioned Central Financial Assistance of about Rs 95 crore for various tourism infrastructure projects in the State under the current financial year. Besides this, the State Government has also prioritised projects for an approximate amount of Rs 58 crore for development of tourism infrastructure in the State during the current financial year.
The State Government informed that it plans to evolve a regulation and registration to control tourist movement with bio-metric support at all important points within the State. It is also proposed by the State to advise tour operators to get the tourists insured before entering the State.
With a view to assess the need for a national consensus on regulating religious tourism to avoid such tragedies, Ministry of Tourism has decided to conduct a study which will include an assessment of the State’s Tourism Carrying Capacity (TCC), its practical analysis and measurement and its efficient application, destination management etc in the State of Uttarakhand.
As per the Government of Uttarakhand, it has started developing plans for disaster resilient tourist infrastructure and safe tourism by involving various Departments like Meteorological Centre, Forest, Police, Transport, District administration, Disaster Management, Tourism etc so that recurrence of such calamities can be checked in future.