STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS 18 (2017-2018) SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)
TOURISM PROMOTION AND PILGRIMAGE CIRCUIT
EIGHTEENTH REPORT
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI
December, 2017/Agrahayana, 1939 ( Saka) EIGHTEENTH REPORT
STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS (2017-2018)
(SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)
TOURISM PROMOTION AND PILGRIMAGE CIRCUIT
Presented to Lok Sabha on 4.1.2018 Laid in Rajya Sabha on 4.1.2018
LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI December, 2017/Agrahayana, 1939 ( Saka) S.C.R. No. 214
Price : R 90.00
© 2017 B Y LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT
Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha (Fifteenth Edition) and printed by Jainco Art India, New Delhi-110 005. CONTENTS
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COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ...... (iii)
INTRODUCTION ...... (ix) PART I
C HAPTER I Introductory ...... 1
CHAPTER II Financial Overview ...... 4
CHAPTER III Tourism Promotion and Pilgrimage Circuit ...... 8
CHAPTER IV Luxury Tourist Trains...... 16
CHAPTER V Other Initiatives ...... 22
PART II
Recommendations/Observations ...... 26
ANNEXURES I. Details of MoU/Agreement signed by IRCTC with various State Agencies ...... 33 II. Itineraries of various Luxury Tourist Trains ...... 40 III. Details of complementary travel on Palace on Wheels & Royal Rajasthan