TRAVEL AND TOURISM IN INDIA.

1. Atithi Devo Bhava…

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

3. • Tourism is commonly associated with trans-national travel, but
may also refer to travel to another location within the same
country.
• Temporary, short-term movement of people to destination
outside their resident places.

4. 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”.

5. • 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.

6. • 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.

7. The number of FTAs in India during:
• 2010: 5.78 million
• 2011: 6.29 million
• 2012: 3.76 million
The number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country in 2013
showed an increase of about 4.1 % over 2012.

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2.62
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USA
UK
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Canada
France
Germany
Australia
Malaysia
Japan
Others

9. • 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.

10. • 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.

11. • Terrorism- Incidents like 26/11, 11/7 have an impact on the
psyche of the visiting tourists.
• These incidents dramatically reduces the foreign tourist
arrivals in India.
• The increasing Naxalite activities and constant Maoist attacks
in the country is not helping the cause either.
• Diseases in recent years such as Dengue, Chikungunya and
Swine Flu are causing the tourists to stay away from visiting
different parts of the country.
• Increasing competition from other exotic countries. Ex-
Singapore, Hong Kong etc.

12. • History Tourism
• Adventure Tourism
• Medical Tourism
• Eco System
• Cultural Tourism
• Pilgrimage Tourism
• Spiritual Tourism
• Beach Tourism

13. • Maharashtra
• Tamil Nadu
• Delhi
• Uttar-Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• West Bengal
• Bihar
• Kerala
• Karnataka
• Himachal Pradesh

14. • Uttar Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu
• Karnataka
• Maharashtra
• Madhya Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• Uttarakhand
• West Bengal
• Gujarat

17. It is located near Leh in beautiful Ladakh is known to
possess strong magnetic properties which have the strength
to pull cars up-hill.

18. It is a village located about 35 km from Ahmednagar of Maharashtra.
The uniqueness of this small village is that none of the houses in this
village has doors or even a door frame, including the commercial
buildings, schools etc for safety.

19. Vihigaon falls in Kasara Mumbai. (Height-120 ft.)

20. One of the India’s spookiest and the haunted ruins lies in Bhangarh,
Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan.

21. It is in Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

22. Havelock Island, Andamans.

23. 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)

26. CLASS-X A
Prepared By –
AMAN SHARMA
ANUJ GUPTA
HRITIK MORE
MANTHAN PATIL
NIMESH KORE
RUSHAB GAIKWAD