Tourism Significance in India

5.1 Do you know

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The Government of India has launched the ‘Incredible

India’ mobile application. The app will help tourists to seek
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information, besides enabling quality and reliable services
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from service providers recognized by the Government of
India.

The travel and tourism sector holds strategic importance in

the Indian economy providing several socio cultural and
economic benefits. Provision of employment, income and http://tourism.gov.in/
foreign exchange, development or expansion of other
industries such as agriculture, construction, handicrafts etc

The direct contribution of Travel & Tourism to GDP was

INR2,478.2bn (2.2% of total GDP) in 2014, and is forecast
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to rise by 7.6% in 2015, and to rise by 7.2% pa, from 2015-
2025, to INR5,339.2bn (2.5% of total GDP) in 2025.

According to WTTC report 2015 the Travel & Tourism’s

direct contribution to world gross domestic product (GDP) http://www.wttc.org/rese
and employment in 2014 was US$2.4 trillion (2014 prices) arch/
and 105 million jobs respectively.

Hyderabad has India's largest and South Asia's first world

class convention center which truly have set the balls
rolling for MICE in India. It is a joint venture between of
Dubai based Emaar Properties and erstwhile Andhra http://www.hicc.com/
Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited
(APIIC) and is built by Cyberabad Convention Center Pvt.
Ltd. It can host up to 5000 people at a stretch.

5.2 Timeline

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In order to promote India more effectively as a convention destination, the

1988 travel industry had, under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism, set up
the India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB)

The scheme of Rural Tourism was started by the Ministry of Tourism with
the objective of highlighting rural life, art, culture and heritage at rural
2002-03
locations and in villages which have core competence in art, craft,
handloom, textiles and natural environment.

The Ministry of Tourism has taken steps to promote Film Tourism in the
2012 country by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting and joint participation in the Cannes Film
Festival and Market, International Film Festival of India (IFFI, Goa), and
 European Film Market, Berlin.

In the arena of international cooperation, India participated in the 4th

2013 Meeting of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – India
Tourism Ministers meeting held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, in January 2013

In order to develop and promote tourism in the region, Ministry of Tourism

has organized the International Tourism Mart with the objective of
2013 showcasing the largely untapped tourism potential of the North East region
in the domestic and international markets from 18-20 January 2013 in
Guwahati.

The total contribution of Travel & Tourism to GDP was INR7,642.5bn

2014 (6.7% of GDP) in 2014, and is forecast to rise by 7.5% in 2015, and to rise
by 7.3% pa to INR16,587.2bn (7.6% of GDP) in 2025.

In 2014 Travel & Tourism directly supported 23,024,000 jobs (5.5% of

2015 total employment). This is expected to rise by 1.9% in 2015 and rise by
2.2% pa to 29,020,000 jobs (5.7% of total employment) in 2025.

5.3 Glossary
Staring Related
Term Definition
Character Term

ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a political and

economic organisation of ten Southeast Asian countries and
aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress,
and sociocultural evolution among its members

AYUSH Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and

Homoeopathy traditional health systems of India. Also as a
governmental body in India purposed with developing
education and research in these health systems.

Bilateral The practice of promoting trade between two countries

Relations through agreements concerning quantity and price of
commodities. Example India and China relations for tourism
development.

GDP it is the total market value of all final goods and services
produced during a given time period within a nation's
domestic borders

FDI Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in a business

by an investor from another country for which the foreign
investor has control over the company purchased.

International A policy or practice of cooperation among nations, tourism

Cooperation development, especially in politics and economic matters.

MICE The term "MICE" in the context of travel is an acronym for

Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions. It refers to
 a specialized niche of group tourism dedicated to planning,
booking and facilitating conferences, seminars and other
events.

Northeast Northeast India is the eastern-most region of India. It is

India connected to East India via a narrow corridor squeezed
between independent nations of Bhutan and Bangladesh. It
comprises the contiguous Seven Sister States (Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
and Tripura), plus the Himalayan state of Sikkim.

5.4 Web links

Web links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_India

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/importance-tourism-india-32802.html

http://www.indiarefer.com/articles/importance-of-tourism.htm

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2072417

http://tourism.gov.in/

http://www.wttc.org/

http://www2.unwto.org/en/country/india

http://www.theashokgroup.com/index.php

http://www.lonelyplanet.in/magazine

http://www.outlooktraveller.com/

http://www.natgeotraveller.in/magazine/

http://www.travelandleisureindia.com/

http://www.cntraveller.in/

http://www.financialexpress.com/travel/

5.5 Bibliography
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