Tourism Department

About Us

INTRODUCTION

The Directorate of Tourism, UT Ladakh is the main developmental, promotional and regulatory arm of the Tourism Department of UT Ladakh Government. Its main role comprises of overall planning and execution of schemes for the development, up-gradation and improvement of the tourism infrastructure in different parts of the UT.

The Department came into existence after the bifurcation of the Erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir into Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh during the year of 2019.

The Department has a “Directorate Office” head quartered at Kargil, Three “Tourist Offices” at Leh, Kargil&Zanskar, Three“Tourism Development Authorities” at Leh,Kargil &Zanskar and an Institution namely “Food and Craft Institute” at Leh.All these Offices are functioning under the Administrative Control of Secretary Tourism UT Ladakh.

The commercial activities as well as tourist related activities in the tourism sector from government side are looked by these three Tourist Offices, while as the Developmental activities like infrastructure development are looked after by the three Tourism Development Authorities under their respective jurisdiction.

Functions:

Up-gradation, improvement and Development of infrastructure in all provinces of UT Ladakh in order to boost Tourism in Ladakh.
Promotion of Tourism in Ladakh by using all possible modes of Advertisement &publicity.
To identify new areas having tourist potential in far flung areas of Ladakhand build the required necessary infrastructure in order to promote tourism.
The department is aiming to protect the unique environment of UT Ladakh by means of framing strict building regulations for all related to tourism and by making locals and tourists aware of the need to respect and protect the gifts of nature.
Restoration of sites of all religious faiths and promotion of Pilgrim Tourism.
The department is also bound to preserve the unique culture and heritage of UT Ladakh and to promote the same as tourist attractions.

AD Tourism Leh

Kargil Development Authority

Leh Development Authority

Principal Food Craft Institute

Zangskar Development Authority

Organisation Chart

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Who's who

S.No	Name of the Officer/Official	Designation	Place of Posting
1	Kunzes Angmo (JKAS)	Director Tourism	Directorate of Tourism
2	Shamim Ahmad Wazir	Accounts Officer	Directorate of Tourism (Additional Charge)
3	Issa Khan	Assistant Accounts Officer	Directorate of Tourism
4	Mohd Ibrahim	Head Assistant	Directorate of Tourism
5	Mukhtar Ahmad	Jr. Statistical Assistant	(Attached to Planning Department, Civil Secretariat, UT Ladakh)
6	Abbass Ali	Jr. Assistant	Directorate of Tourism
7	Abdul Hussain	Orderly	Directorate of Tourism

Role & Responsibilities

S.No	Name of the Officer/Official	Role & Responsibility
1	KunsezAngmo (JKAS) (Director Tourism)	HOD, Monitoring, Inspection & Supervision of all activities performance of the Directorate.
2	Shamim Ahmad Wazir,(Accounts Officer)	DDO, Monitoring & Supervision of Accounts Section
3	Issa Khan, (Assistant Accounts Officer)	Assistant to Accounts Officer, & Dealing of all cases of Accounts Section.
4	Head Assistant	Establishment Section and Store
5	Mukhtar Ahmad, (Jr. Statistical Assistant)	Planning Section
6	Abbass Ali (Jr. Assistant)	Assisting- Accounts Section, Establishment & Planning Section
7	(Abdul Hussain)	Orderly

Schemes

Financial Year: 2021-22(Rs in Lakhs)

S.No	Head of Account	Name of Work/Scheme	Approved Outlay 2020-21	Expenditure 2020-21
1	State Capex 5452-Tourism	New Works &Ongoing Works	3000.00	2293.89
	Total		3000.00	2293.89
2	SDP (capital Component)	New Works &Ongoing Works	6095.00	1071.00
	Total		6095.00	1071.00
3	SDP (Revenue Component)	Promotion of Eco-Tourism including Homestays & related activities	500.00	500.00
		Tourism Publicity/Promotion outreach/ Digital Communication and E-platforms \/Winter tourism Events/Ice Hockey and Polo	550.00	116.00
		PMU Consultants	40.00	0.00
		Outsourced already Engaged	20.00	20.00
	Total		1110.00	636.00
3	SDP (M&E)		190.00	128.77
	Total		190.00	128.77
4	Revenue Component (3452-Tourism)	Non Plan	1613.00	1482.00
		Total	1613.00	1482.00

Financial Year: 2022-23

S.No	Head of Account	Name of Work/Scheme	Approved Outlay 2020-21	Expenditure 2020-21
1	State Capex 5452-Tourism	New Works &Ongoing Works	3000.00	On-going
	Total		3000.00
2	SDP (capital Component)	Ongoing Works	5413.00	On-going
		New Works	260.00	On-going
	Total		5413.00
3	SDP (Revenue Component)	Promotion of Eco-Tourism including Homestays & related activities	500.00	On-going
		Tourism Publicity/Promotion outreach/ Digital Communication and E-platforms \/Winter tourism Events/Ice Hockey and Polo	504.00	On-going
		PMU Consultants
		Outsourced already Engaged	0.00
	Total		1004.00
3	SDP (M&E)
	Total
4	Revenue Component (3452-Tourism)	Non Plan	1594.00	On-going
		Total	1594.00

RTI

Appellate Authority:

S.No	Name of the Officer	Designation	Contact No	E-mail ID
1	KunzesAngmo	Director	7051444896	directortourismladakh@gmail.com

Public Information Officers:

S.No	Name of the Officer	Designation	Contact No	E-mail ID
1	Shamim Ahmad Wazir	Accounts Officer	7006880951
2	Syed Aga Towha	Assistant Director (H/Q)	8595228401

S.No	Subject	Status
1	Disclosure of Information under Right to Information Act – 2005 Section 4(1)(b)	Click To View

Orders

General Administration Department
Title	Date	View / Download
Apportionment of Manpower between Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh.	13/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(286 KB)
Constitution of District Management Team (DMT) for the establishment of the District Disability Rehabilitation Center (DDRC) in the UT of Ladakh.	10/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(275 KB)
Appointment of Public Information Officer (PIO) and First Appellate Authority (FAA) in the Governor Secretariat (Raj Niwas), Ladakh under RTI Act, 2005.	09/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(432 KB)
Order No. 90-LA(GAD) of 2023: Transfers and Postings of JKAS Officers.	05/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(736 KB)
Order No. 89-LA(GAD) of 2023: Transfers and Postings of Officers.	05/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(738 KB)
Repatriation of Central Civil Service Officers on deputation to UT of Ladakh- relieving of the officers thereof.	01/04/2023	Accessible Version : View(327 KB)
Constitution of UT Level Immediate Emergency Assistance Committee for the Union Territory of Ladakh.	31/03/2023	Accessible Version : View(755 KB)
Constitution of UT Level Immediate Emergency Assistance Committee for the Union Territory of Ladakh.	31/03/2023	Accessible Version : View(755 KB)
Constitution of UT Cadre Posts Departmental Promotion Committee for General Administration Department.	27/03/2023	Accessible Version : View(563 KB)
Constitution of the District ICDS Mission cum District Nutrition Committee for the implementation of ICDS/POSHAN Schemes under Ministry of Women and Child Development.	27/03/2023	Accessible Version : View(301 KB)