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 India's visibility on the world tourist map has just got better. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has selected New Delhi to host its fifth Global Travel and Tourism Summit in April 2005. According to WTTC's exclusive TSA Research:
›› India is one of the fastest growing tourism economies in the world today. It is estimated to grow at 8.8 percent over the next 10 years. ›› By 2014, the travel and tourism economy is expected to generate $90.4 billion of total demand and nearly 28 million jobs. The Ministry of Tourism is also doing its bit to give a fillip to the sector. It has identified 31 villages across the country to be developed as tourism hubs.The states in which these villages have been identified include Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Assam, Sikkim, Rajasthan and West Bengal. Health tourism India is gradually gathering popularity as a health tourist destination. It attracted approximately 150,000 patients to the country in 2003. It has the potential to attract one million health tourists every year and this will contribute up to $5 billion to the economy. Further growth in the sector will be fuelled by the development of the Golden Quadrilateral highways project, the upgrades suggested for the metro airports and improved air connectivity. For more resources on the tourism and hospitality sector in India please click here |
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