Describe the significance of Tourism as a trade-in India.

The significance of Tourism as a trade-in India is explained below:

a. Tourism in India has grown a lot over the past three decades.

b. Approximately 2.7 million foreign tourists visit India every year.

c. More than 15 million people are directly engaged in the tourism industry.

d. It promotes national integration, provides support to local handicrafts and cultural pursuits.

e. It helps in the development of an international understanding of our culture and heritage.

f. Foreign tourists visit India for heritage tourism, ecotourism, business tourism, adventure tourism, cultural tourism, and adventure tourism.

g. The most popular tourist destinations are Rajasthan, temples of South India, Goa and Jammu and Kashmir.

h. There is a lot of potential for tourism development in northeast India and the inner parts of Himalaya but they have not been developed due to strategic reasons.