The presentation is aimed at providing an insight into the evolution and growth of the hospitality industry in India and other parts of the world in both ancient and modern era with an emphasis on travel and tourism.

1. Created by
Firoz A Mallick,
DHM,
Roll No-2
SIMSS

2. Hospitality – its origin and growth
 One among the oldest commercial activities in the
world. An integral part and an outcome of the larger
business enterprise known as travel and tourism.
 Reasons for which a person may travel : business,
pleasure, adventure, higher education, medical
treatment, pilgrimage, etc.
 The hospitality industry steps in to provide a person
two of the basic needs to sustain during and after the
journey-food and shelter(security).

3. Mode of travel in ancient days:
 Before the invention of the wheel, peope travelled and
relied on the animals. Eg; horses, camels, elephants.

5.  The silk route being one of the ancient roadways
across mountains, deserts and lakes was one of the
most popular route taken by the ancient travellers and
played an important in connecting India to other
civilizations paving the way for the growth of the
Indian hospitality industry.

6.  Thus, it was during this period that the primitive
lodges, housings or inns came into existence which
provided water, fuels to cook food, and above all
security to the travellers.

7. Dharmashala(Sarai):

8.  Ryokans of Japan:

10.  Inns of Europe:

13.  Chawls of Mumbai:

15. Tourism Industry
 One of the world’s fastest growing industries.
 Major source of foreign exchange and a high
employement generator.
 Played a remarkable role in the growth of economy
and social phenomena in the past century.
 The word “Tourism” is derived from the word “Tour”
which is further derived from the latin word “Tornus”
meaning a tool for making a circle.
 Can be defined as the movement of people from their
normal place to another (with an intention to return)
for a minimum period of 24 hours to a maximum of 6
months.

16. Tourists:
A person who travels and stays in a place outside
their usual enviroment for not more than one
consecutive year for leisure, business, etc and other
purposes not related to the exercise of an activity
remunerated from within the place visited. Eg: NGO
workers, research teams.

17. International Tourism:
• People visiting a foreign nation is reffered to as
“International Tourism”
• In order to travel to a foreign nation, one needs a valid
passport, visa, health documents, foreign exchange,
etc.

18. Types of International Tourism:
 Inbound Tourism: This refers to tourists of foreign
nationals entering a particular country
 Outbound Tourism: This refers to the
tourist(citizens) travelling from the country of their
origin to other foreign countries.
India(Origin)
Europe
(Destination)
Tourist
Outbound Inbound
Returning Home
International Tourism

19. Domestic Tourism:
 Tourism actvity of the people within their own
country.
 Unlike International Tourism, travelling is easier due
to relaxations on travel documents and mandatory
health checkups and forign exchanges.
 Travellers face less or no lingual and cultural related
problems.
 Domestic tour packages are cheap as compared to
international tour packages.

20. Kolkata(Origin) India Mumbai
(Destination)
Returning Home
Domestic Tourism

22. Importance of Tourism:
 Tourism and hospitality are inextricably linked to
each other.
 Major revenue earning enterprises in the world.
 Happen to be top employers too.
 Facilitation of cultural exchange over various cultural
concepts. Local people can learn their language, art,
skill, culture etc and vice versa.
 Publicity of Nation.
 Rise in economic activities through the sale of
products and services go the tourists.

24. Tourism
Foreign Exchange
Earnings
Infrastructure
Development
•Transportation
•Restaurants
•Telecoms
•Public Utlities
Employement
Generation
• Direct
Eg; Hotels,
Resorts,Travel
Agencies.
•Indirect
Eg; Suppliers, retails
stores, F&B Outlets.
Tourism Related Economic Growth

25. Tourism Regions of The World:
 The United Nation World Tourism
Organization(UNWTO) has didvided the world into
six tourism regions on the basis of volume of flow of
tourists and concentrations of popular product and
destinations.
 These regions include both rich and poor countries as
well as advanced and under developed tourism
estinations.
 Tourism activity isunevenly distributed in these
regions and is developing at its own pace.

26. UNWTO
Regions
Europe
America
South
Asia
Africa
Middle
East
East
Asia &
Pacific
The Six Tourism regions Of The World

27. Modern Tourism:
 Over the years with modern transportation, paving the
way for globalization, tourism has now become a
global activity.
 Tourism, both domestic and international , is growing
at a rapid pace in India due to the reductions in both
air transportation cost and time taken for travel,
making every part of the world reachable.

28.  With air travel becoming comercialized in the early
19th century, India has witnessed a steady increase in
the international tourist arrivals.
 With the expanding air transport network worldwide,
and depending upon the nature and purpose of travel,
tourists need and demand certain facilities and
services.

29.  This has given rise to a wide range of commercial
activities which comprises of many sectors and sub-
industries such as; hospitality industry, other
transportation facilities, attractions and
entertainment.

30. The Tourism Industry
Accomodation
•Hotel
•Motel
•Resorts
•Time-share
•Casinos
•Sarais
Transportation
•Trains
•Cruise Liners
•Airlines
• Luxury Buses
•Limousines
•Steamers
F&B Outlets
• Restaurants
•Bars
•Pubs
•Dhabas
•Kiosks
•Retail Shops
Retail Stores
• Shopping
Malls
•Gift Shops
•Hndicrafts
•Handlooms
•Emporiums

31.  Other activities related to the tourism industry are
Sesonal festivals, music festivals, trade fairs, road
shows, exhibitions, sports events, educational events,
cultural events, etc.