1. Travel &Tourism Services
Submitted By
Ritesh Mishra
Amol Thakre
Under the Guidance of
Dr. D.Y.Chacharkar
To
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Amravati

2. Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure, or busine
ss purposes. 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.

3. Global increase in tourism
•People have more disposable income.
•Companies give more paid holidays than they used to.
•Travel has become cheaper (particularly air travel)
•Holiday providers now use the internet to sell their
products to people directly which also makes them
cheaper.

4. Some areas are also becoming more popular
•Improvements in transport.
•Countries in more unusual destinations.
•Huge investment.

5. Tourism is important to the economies of many countries
•Tourism creates jobs for local people.
•It also increases the income of other businesses that
supply the tourism industry.
•Tourism is important to the economy of both rich and
poor countries e.g. tourism in France generated 35
million euros In 2006 and 2 million jobs.
•Poorer countries tend to be more dependant on income
from tourism than richer ones.

6. Tourism Products

7. Cont………

8. Forms of tourism
• Monsoon magic - focus on months from April to October
• Cultural tourism & Round Trips – covering the popular
circuits comprising of the Golden Triangle, Rajasthan, N. India
& in South the well known temples, backwaters & beaches.
• Mass tourism – Goa is a tourism based economy and a leader
in this sector, is all set to promote mass tourism. Goa also won
the 2nd most popular winter destination in UK.
• Commonwealth Games 2010 – the government is investing
in infrastructure, to further develop tourism in and around
Delhi.
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9. Tourism in India
India’s might
2010 India's
outsourcing work is
expected to
$56 billion a year
Consumers rising since
2000 India's cellular
subscribers has rocketed
from 5.6 million to65
million.
Young India nearly 500million under 19.
Indian economy India is the 4th largest economy. In last 2 decades
India has been growing at around 6% a year, this year the growth
was 8.1%and expected growth is 10%

10. India’s GDP will exceed
 Italy’s in 2020,
 France’s in 2020
 Germany’s in 2025 and
 Japan’s in 2035
Goldman Sachs Projections (US 2003 $ Billion)

11. Tourism growth in India
(source:WTO estimates)
•India will lead in South
Asia with 8.9 million
arrivals by 2020
•India is poised to emerge
as the 2nd fastest growing
(8.8%) tourism economy in
the world over 2005-14.

12. 1.Growth in foreign tourism arrival was 13% 2004 was 3.4
million,2005 3.9 million.
2.Foreign exchange earnings from foreign tourists were
20% 2005-$5730,2004-$4.769

13. India in world tourism rankings

14. Air travel and India
• Indian air travel to grow 20% each year for the
next 5 years
• Government and private operators will invest $20
billion in aircraft and infrastructure over the next
five years
• ssAir India will be adding 68 aircraft to its present
fleet, Indian Airlines 43 and private airlines
around 275
• By 2010, Indian airports will be handling between
90 and 100 million passengers (59 million
domestic & 35 million international passengers)

15. Tourist destinations
North East –
• Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland have emerged as major players.
• The major focus in 2005 was to develop tourism infrastructure in the region.
New States –
• Uttaranchal attracted 14 million tourists and in 2004 witnessed a growth of 40% in
2005.
• Major focus on marketing to attract high spending tourists, initiatives to create
world-class infrastructure.
Beautiful South –
• Aggressive marketing has helped achieve over 25% growth in tourism in southern
states.
• Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are witnessing an upswing in foreign tourists.

16. An all-year round destination
• Throughout the world, India is perceived as a
October to April winter destination.
• Marketing initiatives by both the Government
and the private sector is now successfully
addressing & changing this perception.

17. The major reasons which stop India
from making the top

18. Year wise phasing of investment

19. Benefits of Tourism
Increase in business diversity
Stimulation of business activity
Increase in employment
Conservation of natural resources as a tourist attraction.
Increase in sale of goods and services
Increase in taxes collected
Conservation or restoration of historic sites or attractions

20. Costs of Tourism
New or increased investment costs incurred by the
community
Increase in use of sewer and water systems, requiring
further development of the community infrastructure
Increase in costs of maintenance and repairs of the
community infrastructure
Increase in number of people and vehicles, resulting in
congestion
New or increased expenses related to
promotions, advertising and marketing

21. Factors for the growth of the
Tourism sector of Indian economy
Increase in the general income level of the
population
Rapid growth of the Indian economy
Aggressive advertisement campaigns on the tourist
destinations

23. Country-wise analysis of tourism
policies, promotion & marketing

24. • India vis-a-vis countries – tourism
infrastructure
• Promotion of tourism through sport events
• Maha kumbh mela likely to generate
• Domestic Media Campaigns
• Road Shows
• Fete de Geneve 2011
• Outdoor Publicity
• Printing of Brochures

27. Discussion points
1.What does India have to offer tourists?
2.What impact could tourism have on local
economies?
3.What impact could tourism have on local
environments and local traditions?
4.Should people fly long distance for eco-tourism?
5. what government should do for tourist safety?