Crime and it's impact on tourism in India: A theoretical analysis

The inflow of international tourist under Indian tourism services has picked up tremendously in the recent years. This has not only expanded the size of the tourism industry but has had a huge positive spill over effect on other industries and economic factors such as GDP growth rate, increasing employment levels, diversification of product and services offered etc. However, the recent increase in the crime rates across the nation and the capital region has actually hampered the relative tourist inflow in the nation. The paper attempts to highlight similar theoretical studies on the subject in other countries and suggests some of the policy recommendations to take control of the situation before things move from bad to worse.