TOURISM IN INDIA

ANUANU LAVANYALAVANYA

What is tourism?

• Tourism is the travel for recreational (fun), leisure (rest), family or business purposes, usually of a limited duration

• Tourism is commonly associated with trans-national travel, but may also refer to travel to another location within the same country.

Who is tourist ?

• The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people “traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes”.

Forms of tourism

• Domestic Tourism: Domestic tourism is tourism involving residents of one

country traveling only within that country.

• Inbound Tourism:Incoming tourism is also known as 'inbound tourism'. Incoming tourism means travelers arriving in different countries from their own.

• Outbound Tourism:

Outbound tourism refers to residents to travel outside their home country.

TOURISM INDUSTRY IN INDIA

• 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.

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT TOURISM

 

● No. of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India 6.97 Million

Annual Growth Rate 5.9% 

● No. of Indian Nationals Departures from India 16.63 Million

Annual Growth Rate 11.4%

● No. of Domestic Tourist Visits to all States/Uts 1145 Million

Annual Growth Rate 9.6%

● Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism  

In INR terms 107671 Crore

Annual Growth Rate 14.0%

The number of FTAs in India during:• 2010: 5.78 million

• 2011: 6.31 million

• 2012: 6.58 million

• 2013: 6.97 million

•The number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country in 2013 showed an increase of about 5.9 % over

2012.

Airport-wise Statistics of Tourist Visa on Arrivals

during, 2011-13  S.NO NAME OF

AIRPORT2011 2012 2013

1 Bengaluru - - 380

2 Chennai 1948 2273 28153 Hyderabad - - 165

4 Kochi - - 229

5 Kolkata 657 939 13516 Mumbai 2816 3276 42067 Delhi 7340 9596 110468 Thiruvanthapur

am- - 102

TOTAL 12761 16084 20294

Strength of India for tourism

• Country of rich heritage and traditions having a vast and varied history.

• Places of ancient civilization and settlements dating back to several centuries present in India.

• Unity in Diversity i.e.. Multicultural people staying together in the same country.

• One of the fastest growing economies of the world.

• India has been maintaining good and cordial relationship with different countries which helps the people of those countries to get the visas easily to visit India.

• Insufficient standard hotels in the country leading to the problem of accommodation for the visiting tourists.

• Lack of proper infrastructure.

• Poor health, lack of hygiene and proper sanitation among majority of people especially in the rural parts of the country.

• Incidents of local people harassing and torturing the visiting tourists especially the foreign tourists in different parts of the country.

• History Tourism

• Adventure Tourism

• Medical Tourism

• Eco System

• Cultural Tourism

• Pilgrimage Tourism

• Spiritual Tourism

• Beach Tourism

• Maharashtra

• Tamil Nadu

• Delhi

• Uttar-Pradesh

• Rajasthan

• West Bengal

• Bihar

• Kerala

• Karnataka

• Himachal Pradesh

• Uttar Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh

• Tamil Nadu

• Karnataka

• Maharashtra

• Madhya Pradesh

• Rajasthan

• Uttarakhand

• West Bengal

• Gujarat

ELLORA CAVES(MAHARASHTRA)

- Maharashtra

In the year 2002, the Government of India announced a New Tourism Policy.The policy is built around the 7-S Mantra of - SWAAGAT (WELCOME) SOOCHANAA (INFORMATION) SUVIDHAA (FACILITATION) SURAKSHAA (SECURITY) SAHYOG (COOPERATION) SANRACHNAA (INFRASTRUCTURE) SAFAAI (CLEANLINESS