Draft National Tourism Policy 2022 12 th

16.8.4. National Tourism Authority 
The Policy recognizes that the Ministry of Tourism functions as both the policy 
making and executing arm of the Ministry of Tourism. Since the Ministry is involved 
in day to day execution and operational issues, it has not been able to focus on policy 
and strategic issues. Further, in the absence of executing agencies with the Ministry 
of Tourism, the Ministry has not been able to scale up activities across various sectors 
and segments of tourism. Most competing counties have separated the policy-
making functions from the executing functions. 
A separate National Tourism Authority (NTA) will be established for executing and 
operationalizing various tourism related initiatives. Simple, flexible and elegant 
processes will be laid down to allow for nimbleness. While the Ministry will be 
responsible for framing policies and guidelines, exercising oversight, coordination 
with Ministries and States, the National Tourism Authority will be responsible for 
technical support, operational and execution of various policies. 
The Authority will be provided budget by the Ministry of Tourism and the Authority 
may also raise its resources through various sources. The Authority will be entrusted 
with the responsibility of setting up and operationalizing National Green Tourism 
Mission, National Digital Tourism Mission, National Mission on Tourism MSMEs, 
National Mission on DMOs, Tourism and Hospitality Sector Skill Mission, Digital 
Marketing, Research and Development and other professional and technical matters 
related to tourism sector. 
16.9. 
State Level Institutional Setup
16.9.1. State Tourism Advisory Board 

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The States may set up State Tourism Advisory Board (STB) under respective Chief 
Ministers to provide overall vision, guidance and direction to the development of 
Tourism Sector in the State. The Board will be chaired by the Chief Minister and will 
comprise of other relevant Ministers, Officers and Industry Stakeholders. 
Department of Tourism will be the nodal department for State Tourism Boards.