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holiday to their trip. Foreign tourists spend more in
India than almost any other country worldwide.
English
Tourist arrivals are projected to increase by over 22%
per year through till 2010, with a 33% increase in
Directions (Q.36 – Q.45): Read the following
foreign exchange earnings recorded in 2004.
passage carefully and answer the questions given
The Tourism Ministry has also played an important
below it.
role in the development of the industry, initiating
advertising campaigns such as the ‘Incredible India’
India’s tourism industry is experiencing a strong
campaign, which promoted India’s culture and tourist
period of growth, driven by the burgeoning Indian
attractions in a fresh and memorable way. The
middle class, growth in high spending foreign tourists,
campaign helped create a colorful image of India in
and coordinated government campaigns to promote
the minds of consumers all over the world, and has
‘Incredible India’. The tourism industry in India is
directly led to an increase in the interest among
substantial and vibrant, and the country is fast
tourists. The tourism industry has helped growth in
becoming a major global destination. India’s travel
other sectors as diverse as horticulture, handicrafts,
and tourism industry is one of them most profitable
agriculture, construction and even poultry. Both
industries in the country, and also credited with
directly and indirectly, increased tourism in India has
contributing a substantial amount of foreign
created jobs in a variety of related sectors. The
exchange. This is illustrated by the fact that during
numbers tell the story: almost 20 million people are
2006, four million tourists visited India and spent US
now working in the India’s tourism industry. India’s
$8.9 billion. Several reasons are cited for the growth
governmental bodies have also made a significant
and prosperity of India’s travel and tourism industry.
impact in tourism by requiring that each and every
Economic growth has added millions annually to the
state of India have a corporation to administer
ranks of India’s middle class, a group that is driving
support issues related to tourism. A new growth
domestic tourism growth. Disposable income in India
sector is medical tourism. It is currently growing at
has grown by 10.11% annually from 2001-2006, and
around 30% per annum. Medical tourist arrivals are
much of that is being spent on travel. Thanks in part
expected to reach one million soon.
to its booming IT and outsourcing industry a growing
Medical tourism in Asia has grown rapidly. Medical
number of business trips are made by foreigners to
tourism is approaching fever pitch at the tune of $4
India, who will often add a weekend break or longer
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