An appraisal of indian tourism industry

India is a country of diverse culture and which attracts foreign tourist. In past few years the number of tourist coming to India has increased manifolds. This has brought about in a development of new industry- tourism industry. It has not only led to increase in revenue generation but also generation of employment sources in India. This research tries to study the Indian tourism industry scenario and trends of tourism in last few years. It also touches the effect of tourism on economic system of India.

This was achieved by analyzing the data of tourism industry obtained from various secondary data sources. The key areas of Indian Tourism Industry were examined.

This qualitative research allowed great insight in tourism industry and areas of potential growth. It gave insight into the fact that the tourism industry in India has a growth potential and will increase rapidly, because the Government has taken initiatives by liberalizing the policies and the local government have provided infrastructural facilities required for the tourism.

This paper fills a gap within research in the area of tourism industry of India.

Conceptual and Analytical paper