Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2013

Role of Tourism in Promoting Hotel Industries in India – Some Emerging Issues

D. Ramachandran, Dr. R. Sundhararaman

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Tourism is the most important industry in the service sector of the Indian economy. It is one of the world’s fastest growing industry and it can play role in accelerating the economic development of the country is widely recognised. It has generated a number of social and economic benefits, promotes national integration and international understanding, creates employment opportunities to a large number of people and foreign exchange earnings. Tourism also supports local handicrafts and cultural activities. For many developing countries, particularly the small country. They are mainly dependent upon tourism; this tourism offers a more reliable source of income. Number of factors, such as, population growth, shorter working days, larger paid holidays, increase in general awareness among people for traveling and the need for recuperation from tensions of modern life, have created favorable conditions for the growth of tourism. So this industry has registered a tremendous growth all over the world during the last few years. Over the years, tourism has emerged as a major segment of the Indian economy, contributing substantially to the foreign exchange earnings and creating large–scale employment opportunities. Various aspects of the development of tourism in our country are iefly reviewed below.

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D. Ramachandran,Dr. R. Sundhararaman Role of Tourism in Promoting Hotel Industries in India - Some Emerging Issues Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2013

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