Tourism

A booming industry nowhere in the world is found,such a beautiful different and diversified climate,flora and fauna ,religious, languages, dressing patterns, life style and rituals,like india Tourism is the of the worlds most booming industries,generating approximately 54 trillion in order to satifyannually world wide.over 550 million international tourists visit diff. Parts of the world every year in order to satify theirdesire to know the tourism, the share of india is nearly less than 0.5 percent ,which given an alarm for tapping the last potential availablein this business. Foreign exchange earnings from this industry for 1997-98 were overly Rs. 11264 crore. Though recently the tourist traffic to india has increased by 16%,but there is still a quest .why so few people opt to come to india , as compared to other countries of south east asia. India is called a tourists paradise where not only the natural beauty but also the glorious historical places, monuments are existing (e.g). Inspite of india ,endowed with such beautiful spots, the tourist are not coming to india in multitude is a point to powder. To promote tourism as a flourishing business the govt has to initiate several measures to facilitate the tourists coming to india. Care must be taken to see that the time spent by the tourist at a place must be enjying. And they must cherish the sweet memories of the place& of the people.for this they should be provided with cheap & comfortable accommodation & hygienic conditions. Apart from this the non-cooperative railway / bus clerks, unwholesome food at catering conersat too much higher rate, all their presumptions soon become sour& boon . they feel themselves surrounded by cheats . the incidents of misbhsviour, of the foreigners at the hands of miscreants, also caused a fear among the visitors Everyone should realise that tourism not only helps us earn money and foreign exchange but also generates employment & thus enhance the living of thwwe people . it also promotes national integration and international understanding . It is an eye opening fact, that in spite of various departments & agencies engaged in the promotion of tourism in tndia, we are just getting peanuts in terms of revenue. Such a small country like Singapore with population of just 35 lacs, attracts more than one crore tourist each year. Since 1966, the itdc has been engaged in developing necessary infrastructure for the delop of tourism avenue in india. All that is requires is conditions & reasonable approach in this direction.