Why India is popular for Tourism?

Travel and Tourism Industry in India

A Man, by nature, has never been satisfied by staying at the same place and never been contended by confining his whole life to only his native place. So traveling around this amazing world is a natural instinct of human being since times immemorial. Travel and Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries in terms of employment, and second to oil industry in terms of turnover.

Tourism industry holds massive potential for the Indian economy. It can provide a movement to other industries through direct and indirect linkages and can contribute significantly to India GDP. By the effect of globalization and opening of Indian economy to the world, travel and tourism in India is getting a great impetus. It is of the major industries in India, which has a great potential for long term growth along with earning a huge amount of foreign exchange for the country.

Why India is popular for Tourism?

I think these are the major factors that made India as a Popular Tourist Destination...

a. India is a vast country with diverse cultures and traditions.

b. India offers a great attraction for those who crave to know about the splendor and magnificence of one of the oldest civilizations of the world and for its scenic beauty, right from Himalayas to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh.

c. India also have a stable political government which a pre-requisite to promote tourism.

d. India is famous for its hospitality.

India has so many popular attractions which attracts lakhs of foreign tourists around the world.

A holiday in glorious India is a truly incredible experience. India is an immense country with unique traditions, cultural heritage and a mix up of variety religions. The India is a home for amazing tourist destinations; including sightseeing, historical forts, national parks, and pilgrimage centers, beaches and tiger safaris, more and more extraordinary spots. Historical Royal Rajasthan, cultural astounding Andhra Pradesh and traditional Tamilnadu, God own city Kerala, Goa, beautiful Taj Mahal (Agra), chilled Jammu - Kashmir, and Martyr Punjab, are the major tourist destinations in India.

The architecture magnificence around India astonishes which represents the great Mughal and Rajput constructions like Taj Mahal, Forts, temples, and modern buildings in the cities. The panorama is dazzling from the mountain peaks of the Himalayas in the north (Jammu), desert on the west (Rajasthan), the tea plantations on the West (Kerala), to the backwaters, palm groves on the south (Tamilnadu). There are also few top class wildlife sanctuaries, national parks (biological and zoological) in India. So you can see tigers, big cats, monkeys, various types of birds and number of animals while visiting these parks.


Apart from this, Indian govt has started several other new strategies for the promotion of tourism in India.

a. A multi-pronged approach has been adopted by Indian government that includes new mechanism for quick implementation of all tourism projects.

b. Development of integrated tourism circuits and rural destinations. 

c. Special capacity building in the unorganized hospitality sector and new marketing strategy.

Travel industry in India provides a large number of jobs in different areas through its various related fields. The scope of travel and tourism in India is truly enormous: in the last six years, it has provided almost 11 million jobs in its various fields and has the potential to provide another 37 million jobs (estimated by the NSSO, Ministry of Tourism) of the 120 million projected requirements by 2020.

The future of tourism in India is certainly bright with above fact and effort by Indian Govt.