VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh has received applications from 1,030 homestays and Bed and Breakfast (B&B) units through its portal, with Vizag recording the highest number at 252. Of the total applications, 838 properties have been verified by the District Level Committee (DLC), according to the Ministry of Tourism.
The details were provided by the Ministry in the Rajya Sabha in response to an unstarred question raised by Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh notified its own Homestays/Bed and Breakfast Policy through G.O.Ms.No.32 of the Youth Advancement, Tourism Department on October 8, 2025. As AP has its own policy, classification of B&B units is being carried out by the government.
Of the 1,030 properties that applied through the AP Homestays and B&B Portal, 873 were verified by the Superintendent of Police (SP), while 108 were pending and 32 were rejected.
At the District Tourism Officer (DTO) level, 844 properties were verified, 29 were pending and 10 were rejected. At the DLC level, 838 were verified, six were pending and 10 were rejected.
Vizag was followed by Anantapur with 212 applications and Tirupati with 146. East Godavari had 66 applications, Guntur 50, Chittoor 46 and Kakinada 45. ASR had 26, of which 20 were verified at the SP level, 19 at the DTO level and 19 at the DLC level.
In Vizag, 249 properties were verified at the SP level, while 234 each were verified at the DTO and DLC levels. Anantapur had 188 SP-level verifications, 182 DTO-level verifications and 181 DLC-level verifications.
Tirupati had 118 properties verified at all three levels. Annamayya, Krishna, Nandyal, and West Godavari had no properties listed on the portal. Bapatla had one application, while Palnadu and Prakasam had two and three respectively.
The Ministry said the B&B initiative aims to provide clean and affordable accommodation to domestic and foreign tourists and offer them an opportunity to stay with local families and experience their customs and traditions.
The Ministry classifies fully operational rooms in B&B facilities on a voluntary basis in States and Union Territories where the respective government does not have its own scheme for approval, classification or accreditation.