TOURISM FACTS

♠Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries at presentand holds the status of the world's no. 1 industry.

♠The tourism industry as a whole is presently estimated to earn overUS$ 3.5 trillion worldwide.

♠The industry creates a job every 2.4 seconds with every one of thosedirect jobs creating another 11 indirect ones.

♠Spending on tourism amounts to 5%-10% of total consumer,spending in a year worldwide.

♠India's share of the total market is a pittance at 0.51%. The non-tourist countries like Malaysia and Indonesia get much more touriststhan India.

♠However, the average duration of stay of foreign tourist in India isone of the highest in the world. On an average, it exceeds 27 days inthe case of non-package tourists and is 14 days in the case of packagetourists.

♠Tourism has the distinction of being the third largest export industryafter gems and jewellery and readymade garments in India.

♠The Tourism industry's foreign exchange earnings in India are around$3.2 billion. Tourism is the highest foreign exchange earner if weconsider the fact that net value addition in Gems and jewellery is lessthan 30 % whereas, in tourism it is more than 90 %.