Home » Essays » Common Essay Topics » Tourism Industry in India
 

Tourism Industry in India

 
Tourism Industry in India
Tourism is one of the world's most booming industries, generating approximately $4 trillion annually world wide. Over 550 million international tourists, visit different parts of the world every year in order to satiate their desire to know the world. It is generally the middle class, with their limited resources has contributed a lot for this increase in tourism turn over.
Though, recently the tourist traffic to India has increased by 16%, but there is still a question why so few people opt to come to India, as compared to the either countries of South East Asia. Barely three billion tourists arrive in India annually, while Malaysia and Thailand are able to attract at least three times more than that of India.
India is called a tourist's paradise where not only the natural beauty but also glorious historical places, monuments are existing. The splendor of Taj Mahal, ancient architectural beauty of Ajanta, Ellora caves, the temples of Tamilnadu, the fort places of Rajasthan, the flora and fauna of Kanyakumari, the Puri temple of , the hill stations of Ooty, Darjeeling, Kodaikanal, Shimla, Manali, the show mountains of Himalayas, all are such attraction for the tourists, rarely found in other country or continent to the world.
Most of the State Governments have their own State Tourism Development Corporations. These corporations initiate several attractive schemes for the tourists, in a bid to promote tourism in the State. Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation offers attractive package for the conference organized by the corporate sector, government department at selected tourist sports. Likewise the government of M.P. Orissa. Karnataka and Chennai offer several schemes to attract and promote the tourism in their respective states.
 
The terrorist activities in the Kashmir valley have had an adverse affect on the inflow of tourists in India. The peace, tranquility and safety are the foremost requirement for regenerating more inflow of tourism in India.
 
 
Topics