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The World Travel and Tourism Organisation has declared Tourism as the world’s largest industry. (Source: WTTO) |
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Tourism is the second largest Forex earning Industry in India |
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Tourism – “This could be bigger than what Information Technology has done for Indian economy. The country is sitting on a virtual goldmine with a wealth of sights, cultural exuberance, diversity of terrain, and that special something only India can deliver”. (Source: ETIG, Tourism in India, December, 2003) |
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India ranks 124th in terms of tourism contribution to GDP. (Source: ETIG, Tourism in India, December, 2003) |
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The outlay for Tourism in India for the Tenth Five Year Plan is Rs.2, 900 crores. India is probably the only country in the world that offers various categories. History tourism, Pilgrimage, Adventure, Sports Tourism, Medical Tourism, Spiritual, Beach Tourism, Eco Tourism, Food Tourism, Cultural Tourism, Educational Tourism, Golf Tourism… |
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India gets a close to 0.96% of the world Meetings share. It hosted 91 International meetings in 2000, in an industry that is expected to generate USD 300 billion (a figure that we have been hearing about for the past 3-4 years). It ranks 30th on the world Meetings and Conference map. (Source: ICPB) |
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The biggest annual exhibition in India...India International Trade Fair…grossing over 4 million visitors in 14 days…with over 7,500 corporate participants…the largest multi-product expo in Asia...undoubtedly qualifies as Asia's largest Global Business Meeting ground !!! |
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According to ICCA, India can capture the Asian MICE share, since 69% of MICE meetings prefer city hotels and 21% prefer resorts and India has an abundance of both |
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Conde Nast Traveller, UK's Annual Readers Travel Awards 2003 has ranked India on the 9th slot in the world, a position that is 2 slots above the last year's ranking |
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Conde Nast Traveller UK's Annual Readers Travel Awards 2003 has also chosen The Oberoi's Rajvilas Jaipur at the 1st slot in the Overseas Leisure Hotels Asia and The Oberoi Vanyavilas, Ranthambore at 11 |
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India gets 0.4% of world tourists…a country that has recorded a history of over 5,000 years and over 25 world heritage sites. |
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For the first time in India, the word MICE (with major emphasis on Meetings and Conferences) has been added in its key tourism positioning and promotional strategy by Kerala Tourism – popularly called the Gods’ own country |
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Language barrier while transacting business: A case in point comes from a Korean exhibition that concluded in New Delhi with all product manufacturers coming from Korea. MICE INDIA team was unable to initiate any communication with Korean nationals; due to their inability to comprehend English…language was the culprit!!! |
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The 6th largest economy in the world, India has been tipped as the world’s fastest growth market for tourism by The World Travel and Tourism Council. The country already has more than 2.5 million inbound visitors, 234 million domestic tourists and 4 million outbound travelers per year |
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Outbound travel is growing, with more than 6.5 million Indians traveling abroad in 2001, and 2003 estimates as high as 10 million |
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