India anticipates up to 25 million foreign tourist by 2030
by EVENTFAQS Bureau Industry Watch | December 6, 2022 | News
Tourism National Conference of State Tourism Ministers
National Conference of State Tourism Ministers at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh brought many issues of the industry on the fore. As many as Tourism Ministers of 12 states including Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Haryana, Mizoram, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh discussed the ways and means to realise the potential of the sector.
Union Tourism Minister, G Kishan Reddy thanked all the State delegates and sector representatives for their valuable suggestions. He urged that all states share and adopt best practices to boost the tourism sector. States must organise such conferences at state level with district officers of different departments and stakeholders to improve and promote tourism destinations. Reddy emphasised on the importance of Yuva Tourism Clubs and said these clubs can became game changer for the sector.
Arvind Singh, Union Tourism Secretary, said, “India is estimated to grow at 7-9% CAGR in the coming decade and US$ 250 billion GDP contribution from tourism, 137 million jobs, US$ 56 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings and 25 million foreign tourist arrivals are expected to be achieved by 2030. We commit to deliver plans aligned with these goals and commitments to ensure positioning of India as one of the leaders in the tourism sector by 2047.”
G Kishan Reddy, Union Tourism Minister, said, “Just like NSS, NCC we need to work on making Yuva Tourism clubs at all levels. States need to work on a war footing for establishing these tourism clubs which will familiarize the youth with the concept of Dekho Apna Desh. To achieve true potential of tourism, the most fundamental requirement is to ensure coordination at every level. We need a proactive approach, from every stakeholder, be it centre, states or the industry.”
Talking about the outcome of the conference, Arvind Singh, said, “India will play a pivotal role in contributing towards global tourism recovery driven mainly through domestic tourism. All the major tourism indices have started showing signs of recovery towards the pre pandemic levels such as domestic air passenger traffic, hotel occupancy and tourist footfalls.”
Informing about the goals for the India tourism sector for 2024, Arvind said, “We will strive to recover to pre-pandemic level by mid-2024. The country is estimated to achieve US$ 50 billion GDP contribution from tourism, US$30 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings and 15 million foreign tourist arrivals by 2024."
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India is estimated to grow at 7-9% CAGR in the coming decade and US$ 250 billion GDP contribution from tourism, 137 million jobs, US$ 56 billion in Foreign Exchange Earnings.