India Holiday
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India Holiday Packages from UK and many other European cities.
Tourism in India is the largest service industry, 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. 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. In the year 2009,
5.11 million foreign tourists visited India. Majority of foreign tourists
come from USA and UK. Rajasthan (Land of Kings), Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Maharashtra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh were the top five states to receive
inbound tourists. Domestic tourism in the same year was massive at 650
million. Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu received the big
share of these visitors. Ministry of Tourism is the nodal agency to
formulate national policies and programmes for the development and
promotion of tourism. In the process, the Ministry consults and
collaborates with other stakeholders in the sector including various
Central Ministries/agencies, the State Governments/ union Territories and
the representatives of the private sector. Concerted efforts are being
made to promote new forms of tourism such as rural, cruise, medical and
eco-tourism. The Ministry of Tourism is the nodal agency for the
development and promotion of tourism in India and maintains the Incredible
India campaign. According to World Travel and Tourism Council, India will
be a tourism hotspot from 2009–2018, having the highest 10-year growth
potential. The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007 ranked tourism
in India 6th in terms of price competitiveness and 39th in terms of safety
and security. Despite short- and medium-term setbacks, such as shortage of
hotel rooms, tourism revenues are expected to surge by 42% from 2007 to
2017. India's 5,000 years of history, its length, breadth and the variety
of geographic features make its tourism basket large and varied. It
presents heritage and cultural tourism along with medical, business and
sports tourism. India has a growing medical tourism sector. Explore India
through India Holiday Packages with lot of fun.
