Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2013

A Study to Find Out the Place of Agra City in International Tourism Market

Dr. Anupama Sharma

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Agra is a place which is world famous for its historical site i.e.Taj, a witness of a love story of a famous mughal emperor Shahjahan. Agra is not only making India and aoad for historical tourism but also has created a place for precious Indian history in world liaries. It is serving as an instrument to attract million of dollars and million of national and international tourist towards India. It is not only contributing to the GDP but also playing a significant role in improving the socio–economic status of the society by generating thousands of employment opportunities for the people in both the organised and unorganised sector. In this present paper an effort has been made to find out the place of Agra city in international tourism market. For this purpose several objectives has been laid down like a) to know about the potential of tourism in Agra city, b) to find out the contribution of Agra tourism industry in socio–economic development of the society, c) to explore the role of government schemes and programmes in improving the infrastructure in order to attract maximum tourist inflow into the Agra city. To measure all above objectives, data and information has been collected through secondary sources including Books, Magazines, Journals, E–Journals, Internet, Reports of WTO, Ministry of Tourism, and World Travel and Tourism Council etc. After analyzing all the facts it can be concluded that tourism industry in Agra city is expanding day by day and contributing a lot towards the economic development of society by providing employment opportunities and huge increase in foreign exchange earning. Though it has some negative sides too but this problem can be eliminated by the joint efforts of government, tourism organizations, media, and of course local communities.

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Dr. Anupama Sharma A Study to Find Out the Place of Agra City in International Tourism Market Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VII July 2013

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