Draft National Tourism Policy 2022 12 th

4.5. 
Development of Tourism Domain Data
4.5.1. Tourism Directories, Tourism Registries and Tourism Records
The Mission will develop digital repositories of core domain data elements related 
to Tourism including Tourism Directories, Tourism Registries and Tourism Records. 
Tourism Directories will consist of directories of tourist destinations, attractions, 
tourist activities, routes, festival calendar, convention halls, public utilities etc. 
Tourism registries will consist of accommodation units, tour operators, travel agents, 

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online travel aggregators (OTAs), tourist guides, restaurants, and other tourism 
service providers. Tourism records will include rules & permissions required for 
various tourist attraction, activity records, shopping rate range, room rate range, 
footfall records etc.
4.5.2. Single source of truth for tourism data 
Developing tourism domain data through directories, registries and records will 
ensure sharing of single source of truth among departments and external agencies 
thereby providing opportunities for improved efficiency and effectiveness in 
Governance. It will also enable departments at various levels of Government to 
identify, discover, describe, manage, protect, and share the System of Records (SoR) 
for consistent reuse of information within and across agencies. 
4.6. 
Development of Unified Tourism Interface 
The Mission will facilitate uniform tourism interface and allow users to have access 
to various Application Program Interfaces (APIs), which may consist of e-Search 
related APIs for rate cards, rules, ratings, discounts, multi-modal travel etc. Booking 
related APIs for reservation, cancellation, e-VISA, travel booking and other tourism 
services APIs such as quality certifications, licensing services, permissions, help 
services etc. Unified Tourism Interface will streamline and facilitate exchange of 
information amongst stakeholders in tourism ecosystem in a seamless manner.