Powers and duties of the Tourist Mitra shall include the following, namely:-
(a) Patrol the Tourist Destination;
(b) Prevent crime related to tourists;
(c) Protect tourist against any kind of harm or harassment;
(d) Increase the sense of security among the tourist;
(e) Collection of information and intelligence
(f) Receive complaints and grievances from tourists and report the same to local police station;
(g) Prevent exploitation of tourist by unscrupulous elements, thieves, pick pocketers, mugging, robbing and all other crimes;
(h) Extend all necessary assistance to the police personnel’s, especially during special occasions to ensure safety and security of the tourists and tourist destination;
(i) Co-ordinate with the agencies connected to Tourism to safeguard the Tourists;
(j) Prevent any untoward incident and ensure protection of the Tourists;
(k) Control crowd in the Tourist Destinations;
(l) Help police to maintain the internal security;
(m) Allay panic, organize, rescue work, provide relief measures during any kind of emergency;
(n) Prevent any person from committing any act of touting or malpractice against any tourist;
(o) Prevent any person from engaging in the activities like begging or hawking articles for sale in the tourist destinations;
(p) Disperse any person engaged in hawking activities;
(q) Report about any suspicious events/articles in the area, illegal hawkers, touts etc. to the police officer for taking necessary action;
(r) Prevent tourists from littering or damaging any properties in the tourist destinations having tourism potential;
(s) Keep watch on the entire area of tourist destination to prevent commission of any offence or nuisance by any person;
(t) Abide by the instructions given by the tourism officer of the local area; and
(u) Report incident of any person acting as a Tour Guide without obtaining valid license under the Act; and
(v) Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Government from time to time in consultation with Department of Tourism.