ITDC (India Tourism Development Corporation)

India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) is an hospitality, retail and education company owned by Government of India, under Ministry of Tourism. ITDC came into existence in October 1966 and has been the prime mover in the progressive development, promotion and expansion of tourism in India. Broadly, the main objectives of the Corporation are:

  1. To construct, take over and manage existing hotels and market hotels, Beach Resorts,
  2. Travellers' Lodges/Restaurants;
  3. To provide transport, entertainment, shopping and conventional services;
  4. To produce, distribute, tourist publicity material;
  5. To render consultancy-cum-managerial services in India and abroad;
  6. To carry on the business as Full-Fledged Money Changers (FFMC), restricted money
  7. changers etc; and
  8. To provide innovating, dependable and value for money solutions to the needs of
  9. tourism development and engineering industry including providing consultancy and
  10. project implementation

The authorised capital of the Corporation is Rs 75 crores and the paid up capital as on 31.3.2005 was Rs 67.52 crores. 89.9748% of the paid up equity capital of the Corporation is held in the name of President of India.

The Corporation is running hotels, restaurants at various places for tourists, besides providing transport facilities. In addition, the Corporation is engaged in production, distribution and sale of tourist publicity literature and providing entertainment and duty free shopping facilities to the tourists. The Corporation has diversified into new avenues/innovative services like Full-Fledged Money Changer (FFMC) services, engineering related consultancy services etc. The Ashok Institute of Hospitality & Tourism Management of the Corporation imparts training and education in the field of tourism and hospitality.

Presently, ITDC has a network of eight Ashok Group of Hotels, six Joint Venture Hotels, 2 Restaurants (including one Airport Restaurant), 12 Transport Units, one Tourist Service Station, 37 Duty Free Shops at International as well as Domestic Customs Airports, one Tax Free outlet and two Sound & Light Shows.

Besides, ITDC is also managing a hotel at Bharatpur and a restaurant at Kosi on behalf of the Department of Tourism. In addition, it is also managing catering services at Western Court, Vigyan Bhawan, Hyderabad House and National Media Press Centre at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

Indian Tourism Development Corporation

Dr PV Cherian Crecent Salai,
Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600008
Phone Number: 044 2827 4216

India Tourism, Mumbai

Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Uttara Road, Nariman Point,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400020
Phone Number: 022 2202 3145

India Tourism Development Corporation

3g Everest Building, 46-C,
Jawaharlal Nehru Road,
Kolkata, West Bengal 700071
Phone Number: 033 2288 5254

India Tourism Development

Room No 112, 01st Floor, Swiss Complex,
33, Race Course Road,
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003
Phone: 080 2226 1048, 080-22267300,
080-22386115, 080-22261048

India Tourism Developement Corporation

Tourist information center
3rd Floor, Jeevan Vihar, 3, Sansad Marg,
Jeevan Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
Phone Number: 011 2374 8165