IRCTC tourism services for travel agents
They are travelling somewhere. Somebody is arranging the stay, the transfers and the sightseeing — and right now that conversation ends at your counter with a ticket.
Six product lines beyond the ticket.
IRCTC runs a tourism arm alongside e-ticketing. These are the categories a retail counter realistically sells.
Rail tour packages
Multi-day itineraries built around train travel, with accommodation, transfers and sightseeing bundled into a single booking.
Pilgrimage circuits
Dedicated religious-tourism itineraries covering the major circuits — the segment most walk-in customers ask a ticketing counter about first.
Air holiday packages
Flight-inclusive domestic and international packages for customers who want everything arranged rather than assembled.
Hotel and stay bookings
Accommodation booked alongside travel, so a customer who came in for a ticket leaves having booked the whole trip.
Special tourist trains
Themed and seasonal tourist train services, which sell in bursts around festival and holiday calendars.
Group and family travel
Larger bookings where a customer needs one person to coordinate the whole party rather than booking seat by seat.
It is the same footfall, asked a second question.
Your customer is already standing there
Someone booking a train ticket to a pilgrimage town is a tour-package customer who has not been asked. The counter conversation is already happening.
It raises the value of a booking you already make
A ticket is a ticket. A package is a ticket plus stay plus transfers, from the same conversation and the same footfall.
It fills the quiet months
Ticketing volume follows the travel calendar. Tourism follows the holiday calendar, and the two peaks do not fully overlap.
It runs on the counter you already have
No second shop, no second system — it sits alongside the IRCTC ticketing you are already doing.
See what is departing next.
Upcoming IRCTC Tourism departures are listed with their dates, places covered and starting prices, taken from the official flyers.
Departures sell out and itineraries get revised, so confirm before you quote a customer. Tell us where your customers travel and we will tell you what is running. Support is on +91 91091 35959, 24 hours, 7 days.
Most agents add tourism after ticketing, not before.
Railway ticketing is what brings people through the door. Tourism is what you sell them once they are there. If you are not registered as an IRCTC agent yet, that is the first step — and it is the one with a published price.
Questions about selling tourism from your counter.
What is IRCTC tourism?
IRCTC operates a tourism arm alongside railway e-ticketing — rail tour packages, pilgrimage circuits, air holiday packages, hotel bookings and special tourist trains. It is a separate product line from selling a point-to-point train ticket.
Can an IRCTC agent sell tour packages?
Tourism is a distinct line from e-ticketing and is worth discussing on its own terms. Tell us what your counter already sells and where your customers travel, and we will tell you exactly what applies to your case — call +91 91091 35959.
Do I need a separate registration for tourism?
Ticketing and tourism are handled separately. Rather than publish a general answer that may not fit your situation, we would rather confirm the current position for you directly.
What kinds of packages sell best from a retail counter?
Pilgrimage circuits, in our experience, because the customer is frequently already at the counter booking rail travel to the same destination. Family and group travel follows, for the same reason — one person is coordinating for several.
How do customers pay for a package?
Through the same counter arrangement you use for ticketing. The specifics depend on the package and are confirmed at the time of booking.
Is tourism worth adding if I am a small single-counter agent?
It depends entirely on where your customers travel. If a meaningful share of your ticket sales go to pilgrimage or tourist destinations, the conversation is already happening at your counter and is currently ending at the ticket.
Where can I see current packages?
Upcoming departures, with dates and starting prices from the official IRCTC Tourism flyers, are listed on the tour packages page. Availability changes quickly, so call +91 91091 35959 to confirm before quoting a customer.
Do I need to already be an IRCTC agent?
Most agents who add tourism start with railway ticketing, because that is what brings the footfall. If you are not registered yet, start there.
Tell us where your customers travel.
One call, and we will tell you which tourism lines are worth adding to your counter — and which are not.
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