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Domestic tourism leads Indian travel sector’s recovery

July 1, 2024188 Views

But, return of international visitor spend yet to recover The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) reveals a significant recovery of India’s Travel & Tourism sector, with domestic tourism playing a pivotal role. The data shows that whilst domestic tourism is driving the recovery of the sector in India, international travel spend remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the global tourism body’s latest research, the sector’s contribution to India’s GDP reached just over INR 19.13TN in 2023 – almost 10% ahead of 2019 levels. Employment in Travel & Tourism grew by 10% to reach just under 43MN, 8% more than in 2019. Domestic visitor spending was 15% ahead of 2019, reaching INR 14.64TN however international visitor sp...

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India’s Travel & Tourism could surpass pre-pandemic levels by year end

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 31, 2022480 Views

# Travel & Tourism’s GDP expected to outpace economy# More than 2.4 million jobs could be created every year Research conducted by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector’s contribution to the Indian economy could surpass pre-pandemic levels this year, with a year-on-year growth of 20.7%. The forecast from the WTTC’s latest Economic Impact Report (EIR), shows the sector’s contribution to the nation’s economy could reach almost ₹15.9 trillion (U.S. $215 billion) in 2022, 1% above 2019 levels. Employment levels are set to grow to almost 35 million Travel & Tourism jobs, with an 8.3% growth this year. Over the next decade, India’s Travel & Tourism’s GDP is expected to grow at an average of 7.8% annually, compared ...

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Sustainable practices and MICE segment to boost tourism in India

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 12, 2022621 Views

India to be a hub of mega conferences and exhibition soon The India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai which is currently hosting ‘Tourism Fortnight’, organized two special sessions to promote sustainable tourism and MICE segment in the country. Key officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India along with industry representatives, participated in the sessions titled, ‘Tourism at Crossroads – Mainstreaming sustainability for future of tourism’ on 9th January and ‘Meet in India: Emerging Hub for Business and Social Events’ on 12th January, respectively. The session on MICE tourism was important in highlighting India’s impressive combination of accommodation and conference support facilities that make the country a successful MICE destination globally. The session was address...

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Butterfly festival sensitises travelers on winged beauties of the wilderness

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 20, 2021465 Views1

India Tourism Delhi hosts influencers at ‘Titli Tyar’ in Corbett landscape Corbett National Park in the terai belt of Uttarakhand has long been all about tigers and to some extent wild elephants. The tiger sighting craze of wildlife tourism has lot to do with exploitation of our jungles. Besides, national parks and landscapes like Corbett have long faced the brunt of all negative trends because of their proximity to northern cities, where all travel hungry, party crazy city dwellers will ‘love’ to spend their weekends. There have been many wrongs, and now some serious efforts are being done to turn few of them right. Need was to shift focus on other aspects of nature in and around the national park. Titli Tyar is one of them. But it is a job not possible for any one singlehanded...