2.  Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.  Temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside their resident places.

3. Tourism industry can be mainly classified into three forms, namely,  DOMESTIC TOURISM  INBOUND TOURISM  OUTBOUND TOURISM

4.  Wealthy people have always travelled to different parts of the world.  Leisure travel was associated with the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom.  Cox & Kings was the first official travel company to be formed in 1758.

5.  India as a tourism destination is the toast of the world at the moment.  Conde Nast ranked India amongst the top 10 tourist destinations.  Travel and tourism industry is the second highest foreign exchange earner for India.

6.  HISTORY TOURISM  ADVENTURE TOURISM  MEDICAL TOURISM  ECO TOURISM

7.  CULTURAL TOURISM  RURAL TOURISM  PILGRIMAGE TOURISM  SPIRITUAL TOURISM  BEACH TOURISM

8.  SWAAGAT (WELCOME)  SOOCHANAA (INFORMATION)  SUVIDHAA (FACILITATION)  SURAKSHAA (SECURITY)  SAHYOG (COOPERATION)  SANRACHNAA (INFRASTRUCTURE)  SAFAAI (CLEANLINESS)

11.  Tourism industry has contributed enormously in the flourishing graph of India’s economy  Indian tourism industry contributes to around 5.9% of the country’s GDP.  The booming success of Indian tourism industry has led to a drastic change in the hospitality department as well.  It provides employment to around 41.8 million of inhabitants.  The online tourism industry has accounted for a turn over of USD 800 million.

12. FTAs (in million) Year

16.  Travel & tourism industry's impact on other sectors is very immense.  Sectors like horticulture, agriculture, poultry, handicrafts and construction have benefitted immensely from the travel and tourism industry.  Tourism industry also provides indirect employment to millions of people in India through its linkage with other sectors of the economy.

17.  More disposable income in the hands of middle class.  India is a booming IT hub  Aggressive advertising campaign “Incredible India” by Tourism ministry.

18.  The demand for travel and tourism in India is expected to grow by 8.2% between 2010 and 2019.  Expected to be the second largest employer in the world.  Projected to become the fifth fastest growing business travel destination from 2010-2019.

19.  Worker shortage.  Improper communication system to interior places.  Economical exploitation of tourists.  Pollution problem.

22. ABTA:- Association of British travel agents CAA:- Civil Aviation Authority

24. DCMS:- Department of Culture Media and Sport FCO:- Foreign and Commonwealth Office