Travel and Tourism

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TRAVEL AND TOURISM IN
INDIA
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Tourism in India is economically important and is growing rapidly. The World Travel
& Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated 14.02 lakh crore (US$220
billion) or 9.6% of the nation's GDP in 2016 and supported 40.343 million jobs,
9.3% of its total employment. About 88.90 lakh (8.89 million) foreign tourists
arrived in India in 2016 compared to 80.27 lakh (8.027 million) in 2015, recording
a growth of 10.7%. Domestic tourist visits to all states and Union Territories
numbered 1,036.35 million in 2012, an increase of 16.5% from 2011. In 2014, Tamil
Nadu, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were the most popular states for tourists.
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra and Jaipur have been the five most visited cities of
India by foreign tourists during the year 2015. Worldwide, Delhi is ranked at 28 by
the number of foreign tourist arrivals, while Mumbai is ranked at 30, Chennai at
43, Agra at 45, Jaipur at 52 and Kolkata at 90. The Travel & Tourism
Competitiveness Report 2017 ranks India 40th out of 136 countries overall. Travel
and tourism is the largest service industry in India. It provides heritage,
cultural, medical, business and sports tourism. The main objective of this sector
is to develop and promote tourism, maintain competitiveness of India as tourist
destination and improve and expand existing
tourism products to ensure employment generation and economic
growth. 
<center>NORTH INDIA</center> 
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North India is a region in
the northern part of India. It includes the states Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It also includes the Union
Territory Chandigarh and Delhi. Delhi is the capital of the India. Chandigarh is
the well planned city of the India. 
It has a diverse culture, and includes the Hindu pilgrimage centers of Char Dham,
Haridwar, Mathura, Allahabad and Varanasi, the Buddhist Mahabodhi Temple, the Sikh
Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. It houses the world heritage sites such as the
Valley of flowers, Qutb Minar, Taj Mahal etc. Folk dances like the bhangra of the
Punjab, rouf and bhand pather of Kashmir are quite famous. Jammu and Kashmir is
known as the paradise of the India. The states Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh
houses the famous hill stations like Kullu, Manali, Shimla, Dharamsala, Palampur,
Mussoorie, Dehradun, Nainital etc. Some other famous cities are Gurgaon,
Kurukshetra, Jammu, Ladakh(Leh), Srinagar, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar
etc.
<center>SOUTH INDIA</center> 
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South India is a region in
the southern part of India. It includes the states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamilnadu. It also houses the Union Territory Pondicherry(Puducherry)
and Lakshadweep Island in the Arabian Sea. The Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra and
Kaveri rivers are important non-perennial sources of water. Southern region speak
one of the Dravidian languages: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Tulu. The
classical dances of India like "Bharat Natyam" and "Kathakali" have South Indian
origin. 
This part of India has enormous beaches, water falls, forests, lakes, backwaters,
Wild Life Sanctuary etc. The famous cities in this region are Hyderabad and its
twin city Secunderabad, Mysore, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Kochi (Cochin), Trivandrum
(Thiruvananthpuram), Chennai (Madras), Kanyakumari (Nagercoil)etc. Some of the
famous hill stations in this region are Kodaikanal, Ooty (Ootacamund), Munnar
etc.
<center>EAST INDIA</center> 
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East India is a region in the
eastern part of India. It includes the states West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha
and the seven eastern states Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram
and Tripura. It also houses the Union Territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the
Bay of bengal. 
The famous cities in this region are Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bhubneshwar,
Puri(Konark), Kolkata, Gawhati, Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Gangtok, Agaratala,
Itanagar etc. It also houses famous hill station Darjeeling and all these eastern
state also houses hill stations which are worth to visit. This region has
mesmerising scenic beauty. It has captivating tea farm, from where the tea is
exported to other part of the india as well as abroad. The ruins of ancient Nalanda
University can be found near Rajgir. This part includes many pilgrimage centers for
Jain and Buddha communities. Bodhgaya and puri are the most famous pilgrimage
center in this region. Odissi dance and music is the only classical dance and music
in eastern India.
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West India is a region in the
western part of India. It includes the states Gujarat, Maharashtra Rajasthan and
Goa. It also houses the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu .
This region is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Regional
languages like marathi, rajasthani, gujarati are widely spoken here. 
The famous cities in this region are Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara,
Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Thane, Ajmer, Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Kota etc. Some of
the famous hill stations in this region are Mount Abu, Lonavala-Khandala, Matheran,
Mahabaleshwar etc. Mumbai is the most famous city and the financial hub of the
india, is the city of fashon, Bollywood. The famous muslim pilgrimage Dargah Sharif
in Ajmer is situated in this region. Udaipur city is famous for its nature tourism,
also known as "the lake city of india". Nasik is the famous hindu pilgrimage
center. Folk dances like the Ghoomar of rajasthan, garba of gujarat is famous all
over the india. Pohay, Shrikhand, Pav Bhaji, Vada Pav are good examples of
Maharashtrian cuisine. Goa's cuisine is dominated by the use of
rice,coconut,seafood, Kokum, cashew-nuts. Gujarati cuisine is almost exclusively
vegetarian and Daal Bati Churma is famous in rajasthan.
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