| Uttar Pradesh Tourism | |
| Map: | Uttar Pradesh locator map.svg |
| Founder: | Ministry of Tourism |
| Founding Location: | Lucknow |
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| Type: | Governmental organization |
| Purpose: | Tourism in Uttar Pradesh |
| Headquarters: | Lucknow |
| Location: | Gomti Nagar, Lucknow |
| Region: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Languages: | --> |
| Leader Title: | Tourism Minister (Independent Charge) |
| Leader Name: | Jaiveer Singh |
| Leader Title2: | Principal Secretary |
| Leader Name2: | Mukesh Kumar Meshram, IAS |
| Leader Title3: | Director |
| Leader Name3: | Prakhar Misra, IFS |
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Uttar Pradesh Tourism (commonly referred to as Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department or UP Tourism Department) is a state government agency which is responsible for promotion of tourism in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The department is also responsible for drafting and implementation of the tourism policy, including heritage, air service, and eco-tourism policies for Uttar Pradesh.[1]
To promote tourism, the Directorate of Tourism was established in the 1972 with a Director/Director General who is an IAS officer. In 1974 the Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation was established to look after the commercial tourist activities. The organisation is now simply known as "Uttar Pradesh Tourism".[2]
To boost the tourism in the state from within the country and other parts of the world, the Government of Uttar Pradesh established an Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc covering the cities of Ayodhya, Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra, Mirzapur, Lucknow and Varanasi and organised "Uttar Pradesh Travel Mart" in 2015 in Lucknow. The event was attended by 80 delegates from 27 countries.[3]
Uttar Pradesh Tourism is headed by Director-general or Director and is under the purview of the Department of Tourism, Uttar Pradesh. Reporting to the DG or Director, are the Regional Offices which is represented by the Regional Tourist Officers (R.T.O).[4] Uttar Pradesh Tourism has offices all over India and has overseas representation in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and in the United States.[5]
| Mukesh Kumar Meshram, IAS | Principal Secretary | |
| Ravi Ranjan, IAS | Special Secretary | |
| Isha Priya, IAS | Special Secretary |
| Mukesh Kumar Meshram | Director General | |
| Prakhar Mishra | Director | |
| Joint Director | ||
| Deputy Director | ||
| Senior Research Officer |
The Uttar Pradesh Government has drafted a new tourism policy in 2015 with following key objectives.[1]