India has experienced significant growth in tourism in recent years. The tourism industry is the second largest foreign exchange earner for India. In 2013, India saw over 6.97 million foreign tourist arrivals and $107 billion in foreign exchange earnings from tourism. Some of the most visited states for tourism are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The Government of India has implemented a new tourism policy focused on welcome, information, facilitation, security, cooperation, infrastructure, and cleanliness to further develop the tourism industry.

1. TOURISMIN
INDIA
ANUANU
LAVANYALAVANYA

2. What is tourism?
• Tourism is the travel for recreational (fun),
leisure (rest), family or business purposes,
usually of a limited duration
• Tourism is commonly associated with trans-
national travel, but may also refer to travel to
another location within the same country.

3. Who is tourist ?
• 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”.

4. Forms of tourism
• 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.

5. TOURISMINDUSTRY IN
INDIA
• 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.

6. IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT
TOURISM
● No. of Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India 6.97 Million
Annual Growth Rate 5.9%
● No. of Indian Nationals Departures from India 16.63 Million
Annual Growth Rate 11.4%
● No. of Domestic Tourist Visits to all States/Uts 1145 Million
Annual Growth Rate 9.6%
● Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism
In INR terms 107671 Crore
Annual Growth Rate 14.0%

7. The number of FTAs in India during:
• 2010: 5.78 million
• 2011: 6.31 million
• 2012: 6.58 million
• 2013: 6.97 million
•The number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country
in 2013 showed an increase of about 5.9 % over
2012.

10. Airport-wise Statistics of Tourist Visa
on Arrivals during, 2011-13
S.NO NAME OF
AIRPORT
2011 2012 2013
1 Bengaluru - - 380
2 Chennai 1948 2273 2815
3 Hyderabad - - 165
4 Kochi - - 229
5 Kolkata 657 939 1351
6 Mumbai 2816 3276 4206
7 Delhi 7340 9596 11046
8 Thiruvanthapur
am
- - 102
TOTAL 12761 16084 20294

11. Strength of India fortourism
• 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.

12. • 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.

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

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

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

16. ELLORA CAVES
(MAHARASHTRA)

19. - Maharashtra

22. 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