Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari stated the tourism and hospitality sector was contributing 12% to the State’s gross home product and creating lakhs of direct and oblique jobs. File | Photo Credit: ANI
Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari stated on the Rajasthan Domestic Travel Mart (RDTM)-2025 in Jaipur on Saturday (September 13, 2025) that the tribal circuit in Banswara and Dungarpur and the desert circuit at Tanot in Jaisalmer and Sanchu in Bikaner would assist promote the “lesser-known locations”.
The fifth version of RDTM began at B.M. Birla Convention Centre in Jaipur with the concentrate on the State’s cultural heritage and tourism promotion. Inaugurating the two-day occasion, Ms. Kumari stated the tourism and hospitality sector was contributing 12% to the State’s gross home product and creating lakhs of direct and oblique jobs.
“Tourism in Rajasthan isn’t just an trade, nevertheless it kinds the premise of livelihood and tradition. As many as 18 crore home and 18 lakh worldwide vacationers got here to the State in 2023, and a rise of twenty-two% was recorded within the international vacationers’ arrival in 2024,” Ms. Kumari, who holds the Tourism portfolio, stated.
The Deputy CM known as upon the trade representatives and tour operators to transcend enterprise transactions and design new excursions and experiences, forge partnerships and showcase the tradition, festivals and “hidden treasures” of Rajasthan to the world.
Ms. Kumari stated new insurance policies had been being applied to advertise live performance tourism, vacation spot weddings and conferences, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism within the State. The State authorities’s concentrate on infrastructure, together with airports, roads and digital platforms, and the presentation of this yr’s “inexperienced funds” would pave the best way for sustainable tourism, she stated.
The RDTM-2025 was organised beneath the joint aegis of the State authorities’s Tourism Department and the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism of Rajasthan (FHTR). FHTR president Kuldeep Singh Chandela stated the journey mart had introduced collectively custom and modernity, whereas the collaboration between consumers and sellers would lay a robust basis for tourism.
The journey mart supplied one cease resolution for the tourism and hospitality-related providers, whereas an exhibition, open to most of the people, showcased the wealthy and numerous dimensions of tourism within the desert State. The occasion was described as a bridge for funding, employment and improvement of native communities, serving to Rajasthan emerge stronger on the worldwide map.
The people and establishments which have made vital contributions within the tourism sector had been honoured on the event. The awards got within the classes of putting up with affect on tourism, girls’s empowerment in hospitality, and the legacy of heritage and tourism. The corridor of fame award was conferred on Rajiv Mehra, former president, Indian Association of Tour Operators.
Principal Tourism Secretary Rajesh Yadav, Commissioner of Tourism Rukmani Riar, and FHTR common secretary Virendra Shekhawat had been amongst those that participated within the RDTM.
Published – September 14, 2025 01:03 am IST
