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Tourism gets a big boost in India

Incredible India is being heard alright. Now its being seen as well. Tourism is begining to break new grounds. In the last two years not only has the number of tourist arrivals swelled, but infrastructure has…

Incredible India is being heard alright. Now its being seen as well. Tourism is begining to break new grounds. In the last two years not only has the number of tourist arrivals swelled, but infrastructure has developed faster and international projection of India as ideal destination become more pronounced. Lonely Planet selected India amongst the top 5 destinations from 167 countries.

India achieved a significant growth in terms of foreign tourist arrivals in the last two years. Tourist arrivals grew 27% and 13% respectively during 2004 and 2005. In numbers, it was 2.73 milion and 3.92 million

Forex eanings also grew by 35% or $3.5 billion and 20% or 5.7 bilion in 2004 and 2005, respectively. World Travel and Tourism Council has estimated that demand for India tourism will grow annually at 8.8% over the next decade.

Revival of tourism in J&K despite sporadic attempts among extremist forces to thwart travellers, a boost to rural tourism, medical tourism, spiritual tourism, etc and bolstering of infrastructure in terms of hotel accomodation, restaurants and roads has helped the cause of Indian tourism in a big way.

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Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.

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