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Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or
business purposes.
Temporary, short-term movement of people to
destination outside their resident places.
Tourism industry can be mainly classified into three
forms, namely,
DOMESTIC TOURISM
INBOUND TOURISM
OUTBOUND TOURISM
Wealthy people have always
travelled to different parts of the
world.
Leisure travel was associated
with the Industrial Revolution in the
United Kingdom.
Cox & Kings was the first
official travel company to be
formed in 1758.
India as a tourism destination is the toast of the
world at the moment.
Conde Nast ranked India amongst the top 10
tourist destinations.
Travel and tourism industry is the second highest
foreign exchange earner for India.
SWAAGAT (WELCOME)
SOOCHANAA (INFORMATION)
SUVIDHAA (FACILITATION)
SURAKSHAA (SECURITY)
SAHYOG (COOPERATION)
SANRACHNAA (INFRASTRUCTURE)
SAFAAI (CLEANLINESS)
Tourism industry has contributed enormously in the
flourishing graph of India’s economy
Indian tourism industry contributes to around 5.9% of the
country’s GDP.
The booming success of Indian tourism industry has led to a drastic change in the hospitality department as well.
It provides employment to around 41.8 million of
inhabitants.
The online tourism industry has accounted for a turn over of
USD 800 million.
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Travel & tourism industry's impact on other sectors is
very immense.
Sectors like horticulture, agriculture, poultry,
handicrafts and construction have benefitted immensely
from the travel and tourism industry.
Tourism industry also provides indirect employment to
millions of people in India through its linkage with other
sectors of the economy.
More disposable income in the hands of middle class.
India is a booming IT hub
Aggressive advertising campaign “Incredible India”
by Tourism ministry.
The demand for travel and tourism in India is
expected to grow by 8.2% between 2010 and 2019.
Expected to be the second largest employer in
the world.
Projected to become the fifth fastest growing
business travel destination from 2010-2019.
Worker shortage.
Improper communication system to interior places.
Economical exploitation of tourists.
Pollution problem.