• Same-day trip spent most on shopping
• 30-day trip spent most on social outing
Morung Express News
Dimapur | July 2
In an average, out of 1000 persons in Nagaland, 320 spent their overnight-visitor trips on health and medical issues, while 270 took the trip for shopping purposes and 141 for other purposes in a year, according to the National Sample Survey (NSS) data released on Wednesday.
On business, religious and pilgrimage related trips, according to the survey, Nagas apparently showed disinclination- since out of 1000 persons, there was zero report of going on a trip for the same.
The report of the 72nd round nationwide survey conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 titled, “Key Indicators of Domestic Tourism in India,” was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India on June 27.
“During the last 365 days from the date of survey, 19 per cent of Indian households reported at least one overnight trip with any one of the leading purposes as holidaying, leisure-recreation, health-medical and shopping,” the report said. However, majority of overnight trips at all-India level (287.2 lakh from rural and 79.2 lakh from urban areas), completed during the last 365 days, were for the leading purpose of health and medical.
In Nagaland, the average expenditure during the overnight trip amount to Rs 11,999 for health and medical purposes, Rs 11,997 for shopping and Rs 6658 on holidaying, leisure and recreation. On the average expenditure on same-day trip, according to the report, Nagas spent most on shopping at Rs 2316 per outing followed by business at Rs 1227 and health and medical at Rs 1073.
For 30-day trip, (in conjunction with the national level), social trips were the most common among the Nagas at 788 people out of 1000 reporting such trip. It was followed by trips for business (88), religious and pilgrimage (26), health & medical (6) and shopping (5). 115 took the trip for other purposes.
The Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey was designed to collect detailed information on tourism expenditure along with some information on household characteristics, visitor characteristics and trip characteristics relating to domestic overnight trips.
The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union. The results of the survey are based on the sample canvassed by NSSO, consisting of 8,001 villages and 6,061 urban blocks, respectively, spread over all States and Union Territories of the country. The total number of households in which the Schedule was canvassed was 79,497 and 60,191 in rural and urban India respectively during the period July, 2014 –June, 2015.
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