Tourism in India Tourism is the largest service industry in India‚ with a contribution of 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. India witnesses more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits.[2][3] The tourism industry in India generated about US$100 billion in 2008 and that is expected to increase to US$275.5 billion by 2018 at a 9.4% annual growth rate.[4] In the year 2009‚ 5.11 million foreign tourists visited India.
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Tourism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Every year‚ more than 3 million tourists vTaj MahalAgraUttar PradeshTso Moriri LakeLadakhUnion TerritoriesUnited StatesUnited KingdomMaharashtraTamil NaduDelhiUttar PradeshAndhra PradeshTamil Nadu[4]ChennaiDelhiMumbaiAgraChennaiDelhi ranked at 50‚ Mumbai at 57 and Agra at 65.[5] The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 ranked the price competitiveness of India’s tourism sector 28th out of 139 countries
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the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited‚ I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture by its ability to overload its senses with the pure‚ concentrated intensity of its colors‚ smells‚ tastes and souls. It was as if all my life I was seeing the world in black and white and when brought face-to-face with India‚ experienced every thing rendered in brilliant Technicolor. - Keitlt Bellows
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The British Imperialism had a positive impact on India. When they had conquered India in 1858‚ India was not subjected to the influences of the western world‚ except for trade with the Greeks. THey ruled through the East India Company. The British did not do much for Indian Economy. In fact‚ taxes were raised and famine was the aftereffects of it. In the earth 19th century‚ the British encouraged agriculture‚ which decreased nomads and pastors. The British took up a logging operation that made most
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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Close analysis of case study shows that environmental impacts as well as sociocultural effects have prevented the economic benefits that local communities have received. It is absolutely a fact that tourism has brought a variety of economic benefits to local communities. First of all‚ it creates employment from local people. According to Duval (2004b‚ 4)‚ Caribbean tourism is on the way of development‚ which accounts for over 15 percent of the region’s occupation and nearly 6 percent of its GDP
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for tourism. Tourism depends on the environment because environment is a major tourist attraction. The quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made‚ is essential to tourism. It involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports‚ and of tourism facilities‚ including resorts‚ hotels‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ golf courses and marinas. The negative impacts of tourism development
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Topic: Negative Tourism Impacts Prediction * Risk factors of tourism * Disadvantages of tourism * Conservation of risk factors of tourism Check Prediction * List of tourism impacts * Side effects of tourism impacts * Conservation of natural resources Note Nowadays‚ tourism started to earn itself a very bad name due to thoughtless development‚ and disruption of local cultures‚ values and economies‚ during the birth of mass international travel. *
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Chapter Eight Ecotourism in India Mohan Krishen Khanna Introduction India‚ a country situated in south Asia‚ is of subcontinental dimension with a population of over one billion people. India is primarily an agricultural economy with a vast range of crops. The livelihood of over 60% of the population continues to be based on agriculture. Of late‚ there has been a growing trend of urbanisation and diversification away from agriculture. The industrial sector is now playing a larger role in
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dissertation topics 1. Tourism as a development strategy in micro regions‚ demonstrating it by a few specific examples. 2. The role of strategic and operative tourism programs and their contribution to the development of tourism in the regions. 3. The role of Tourism Marketing Boards in the development of regional offers – thematic tours‚ etc. 4. Changes in the scale of values among the inhabitants of those settlements where they make their living from tourism. (Survey of literature and
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