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Lockdown Impact: Ticket Sales At Monuments Fell From Rs 336 Crore To Rs 40 Crore In 2019-2020

Ticket sales at monuments, including Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Ajanta and Ellora Caves fell hugely from Rs 336 crore in 2019-20 to a little over Rs 40 crore in the year 2020-21

Ticket sales at monuments, including Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Ajanta and Ellora Caves fell hugely from Rs 336 crore in 2019-20 to a little over Rs 40 crore in the year 2020-21 that saw lockdown restrictions and travel bans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data from the Ministry of Culture showed.

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The Hindu reports that in response to a question from Members of Parliament Chandeshwar Prasad, Vinayak Raut and Rekha Verma, Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy's written reply said there were 1.19 crore visitors at the Centrally-protected monuments and Rs 40.32 crore in revenue in 2020-2021.

In 2019-2020, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monuments saw a total of 4.82 crore visitors, bringing in revenue to the tune of Rs 336.23 crore, while in 2018-2019 there were 5.31 crore visitors and Rs 317.20 crore in revenue. While the ASI maintained 3,693 monuments across the country, 143 of them were ticketed, reports The Hindu.

Replying to another question by Members of Parliament Bhagwant Mann and Vijayakumar alias Vijay Vasanth, as reported in the newspaper, the Minister said the Centrally-protected monuments, including the World Heritage sites, were closed for 61 days from April 16 to June 15 during "lockdown 2.0 in view of COVID-19 situation", referring to the second wave of the pandemic in 2021.

"The estimated loss of revenue due to closing of ticketed monuments in view of imposing of lockdown 2.0 [Covid-19 situation] is approximately Rs 35.40 crore, the calculation is based on revenue lost due to lack of sales of tickets," he has been quoted by the daily as saying.

Source: The Hindu

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