description about tourism in india

2. Atithi Devo Bhava…
Presenting By – Aryan Kumar

5. I would like to express my special thanks of
gratitude to my teacher Tanushree ma’am who
gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic tourist and tourism
which also helped me in doing a lot of Research
and i came to know about so many new things
I am really thankful to them.
Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and
friends who helped me a lot in finishing this project
within the limited time.
I am making this project not only for marks but to
also increase my knowledge .

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

7. • 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.

8. 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”.

10. • 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.

11. • 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.

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

15. Nature Tourism:-
India being a peninsula(one of the largest coastline) there a lot
of beautiful beaches spread along the coast and in the Indian
islands.
India has a lot of Evergreen forests, filled with a high diversity of
Flora and fauna.
Plenty of Hill stations each providing unique sense of
excitement and scenery.
Places having high scenic beauty:
“Heaven on Earth”- Uttarakhand
“Paradise on Earth”-Kashmir
“God’s on Country”- Kerala
Well Know Places: Shimla, Jammu, Goa, Munnar, Ooty,
Kodaikanal, Conoor, Shillong, Darjeeling, Mussoorie, Leh-
Ladakh, Manali, Nanital,

16. • 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.

17. • 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.

18. • 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.

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

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

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

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

25. 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.

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

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

28. It is in Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

29. Havelock Island, Andamans.

30. 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)