HBI Staff | Hyderabad 
The Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) is renovating 10 of its hotels, in an effort to give a new lease of life to its properties facing stiff competition from private hotels.
The Corporation will also be giving 34 hotels and motels to private players under the operation and management (O&M) model
A strategy has been chalked out by the Corporation to make its properties attractive and on par with the private hotels, which have outshined them in due course of time.
“We have a total of 74 properties, out of which we are renovating 10 hotels, which will be run by the Corporation itself. The work is underway. We are also working on a strategy to give 34 other properties under O&M Model,” said Dharmendra Rathore , Chairman, RTDC.
Noting that the RTDC earlier faced a hurdle in leasing out its hotels due to issues in the title of the properties, he said the department is working to get titles of properties and other assets under the name of the Corporation.
Hotel Kesar Jhumar Bawdi of Ranthambore (Sawai Madhopur), Hotel Gokul of Nathdwara (Rajsamand), Hotel Sarovar of Pushkar (Ajmer), Hotel Lake Palace of Alwar (Silisedh), Hotel Gangaur of Jaipur, Hotel Khadim of Ajmer, Hotel Kajri of Udaipur, Hotel Forest Lodge in Bharatpur, Hotel Tiger Den in Sariska (Alwar), Hotel Shikhar in Mount Abu (Sirohi) are the hotels which are being renovated.
The tourism industry of Rajasthan is booming and 10.87 crore tourists visited the desert state in 2022.
According to the Department of Tourism, of the total 10.87 crore tourists, 10.83 crore were domestic and 3.96 lakh were foreigners. In 2021, 2.20 crore tourists visited Rajasthan. (Source The Pioneer)
