RAS question
Rajasthan Tourism Policy 2025 introduced which initiative for heritage sites?
Correct answer: (A) Adopt a Tourism Site.
Rajasthan Tourism Policy 2025 introduced the Adopt a Tourism Site initiative to let private players and other partners restore and manage heritage tourism locations.
Explanation
Rajasthan Tourism Policy 2025's heritage-site initiative was Adopt a Tourism Site. The ETTravelWorld report says the tourism department planned to introduce this scheme to modernise the tourism ecosystem by bringing private players, local communities, and tourism-sector stakeholders into the restoration, management, and commercial operation of heritage and eco-tourism locations. That matches the MCQ's focus on heritage sites: the initiative is not a ticketing pass, auction, or stand-alone preservation fund, but an adoption model. Partners would take responsibility for development, upkeep, operation, and visitor facilities, with revenue-supported amenities intended to make maintenance more sustainable and reduce the government's operational burden.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Digital Heritage Pass is wrong because the cited policy coverage describes an adoption scheme for restoring and managing sites, not a digital pass or ticketing initiative.
- (C) Heritage Auction Scheme is wrong because the source speaks of partners adopting identified tourism sites or amenities, not auctioning heritage assets.
- (D) Monument Preservation Fund is wrong because the initiative described is a management-and-upkeep model supported by on-site revenues, not a separate preservation fund.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy and tourism policy, especially how the state uses public-private participation for heritage-site management. RAS often asks such initiatives because they connect policy names with governance, tourism revenue, and local livelihood outcomes.