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Travel and Tourism - India - February 2016

INDIA: KEY FACTS
INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
BACKGROUND
 HISTORY
 GEOGRAPHY
ATTRACTIONS
 FESTIVALS
 KEY DESTINATIONS
Goa
The Golden Triangle
Kerala
Kolkata
Mumbai
TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
 THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW BUT FACES CONSTRAINTS
 LACK OF COMPETITION IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
Figure 1: Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in India, 2010-15
 TOURISM, EMPLOYMENT AND GDP
Figure 2: Travel & tourism economy showing direct & indirect impact on employment & GDP, 2008, 2011 & 2014
ARRIVALS
 INTERNATIONAL
Figure 3: International tourist arrivals in South Asia, showing growth over the past two decades, 1990-2014
India leads the inbound market to South Asia
Figure 4: International tourist arrivals in India, 2010-14
The primary source markets
Figure 5: Top 10 source countries for foreign tourist arrivals, 2009 & 2014
China is also on the rise
 DOMESTIC
Figure 6: Number of domestic tourist arrivals to all states & Union Territories showing increases over a decade, in 2-year increments, 2004-14
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
 INTERNATIONAL
Purpose of visit
Seasonality
Figure 7: International tourist arrivals showing seasonality, 2013-14
Length of stay
 DOMESTIC
Purpose of visit
Seasonality/length of stay
TRANSPORT
 AIR
Figure 8: Passenger traffic handled by India’s airports, fiscal years 2012/13 & 2013/14
The modernisation of India’s airports
Delhi
Mumbai
A new airport on the drawing board
Bengaluru
 ROAD
 RAIL
 SEA
ACCOMMODATION
Figure 9: Tourist accommodations classified by the government, as at 31 December 2014
 LEADING BRANDS
 INVESTMENT IN THE HOTEL SECTOR
TOURISM NEWS
 THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
 TRAVEL TRADE FAIRS
 STREAMLINING ENTRY FORMALITIES THROUGH E-VISAS
WHAT NEXT?

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