BY

N ARUNAGIRIASST PROFESSOR

VEL SRI RANGA SANKU COLLEGE( ARTS & SCINECE)AVADI

The tourism industry in India is substantial and vibrant, and the country is fast becoming a major global destination. India’s travel and tourism industry is one of them most profitable industries in the country, and also credited with contributing a substantial amount of foreign exchange

Airlines plays an important role in the development Indian tourism industry, almost Indian flight services are all over the world the, tourist from all over the world flying to India by various planes Air travel remains a large and growing industry. It facilitates economic growth, world trade, international investment and tourism and is therefore central to the globalization taking place in many other industries

The Hotel Industry comprises a major part of the Tourism industry

tourism industry today contributes directly to employment (directly employing around 0.15 million people), and indirectly facilitates tourism and commerce

IT and outsourcing industry a growing number of business trips are made by foreigners to India, who will often add a weekend break or longer holiday to their trip

Foreign tourists spend more in India than almost any other country worldwide

Gross domestic product (GDP) The contribution of Travel & Tourism to

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to rise from 8.6% (INR5,532.5bn or US$117.9bn) in 2010 to 9.0%(INR18,543.8bn or US$330.1bn) by 2020.

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SOCIAL FACTORSocial factors likePopulationChange in climateChange in trends These are the main social factor that affects

tourism a lot

Political factors like Terrorism and security Poor infrastructure Poor relationship with neighbor countries Religious tolerance Lack of international representation

Environment factors like Pollution change in climate poor air quality

The poor technology factors like bad quality standards in airport bad quality standards in railway station and

in bus stand poor communication system slow growth of e-commerce

Poor transportation Lack of basic hygienic amenities at halting

points Non-standardization of rates and fares Lack of sound marketing and promotion

strategies Poor maintenance of heritages Issues regarding security and harassment Lack of passionate and trained

professionals 

In spite of all recession and fight on terrorism the Indian tourism industry got a big scope, though many hurdles are there in India still tourist prefer India is the safest tourist place

There a lot of employment and other opportunities included in tourism , 2011 cricked world cup is the huge opportunity a ahead , we can attract more tourist .

India can still improve tourism by improving the infra structure and hotel facilities and the most important thing to develop the tourism is to fight against terrorism

already India has promoted tourism in many ways like go green, save tigers , in 2020 India will be No 1 tourist spot