Summary:
AGRA: An increasing number of Indian tourists to Taj Mahal are opting for online bookings for entry tickets, as the financial year 2017-18 has seen a nearly 22% increase in such bookings. Another major factor which deters foreigners from buying tickets online is that they are non-refundable.” There are three counters designated for Indian tourists.However, revenue earned through sale of entry tickets at the gates of the Taj Mahal has gone up. We need to make the online process of buying tickets less tedious to encourage it. However, the number of tickets sold was 86,251 and 1.07 lakh in 2016-17 and 2017-18 respectively.In 2018, the online tickets sale recorded from April 1 to August 31 was 48,108 and revenue collected through this was Rs 74.92 lakh..