India's domination in tourism, increased stake
Increasing the growth of tourism in the field of tourism, one of the main agendas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one. Under this, the Government of India introduced e-tourism visas while on the other hand, various facilities are being provided to foreign tourists from special helpline to tourist kit and mobile SIM.
The Central Government introduced e-Tourist Visa in India on November 2014. For this, the Ministry of Tourism worked closely with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Civil Aviation.
This facility was provided to 43 countries at the beginning of the e-Tourist Visa Plan, but by 2016, this facility has reached 150 countries. Which covers all the world's smallest countries. It is worth mentioning that this facility has been started at 16 important airports of the country.
These important airports include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa, Kochi, Varanasi, Gaya, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Tiruchirapalli, Jaipur and Lucknow. The effect of the efforts of foreign tourists coming in is now showing.Speaking of data, the arrival of e-tourism facilities in the country has increased in the arrivals of foreign tourists.
According to the World Economic Forum, India's position has already been strengthened in the Travel and Tourist Index. While it was earlier 65th, according to the latest figures, the 12th rank has now moved up 53 places to the top. It is noteworthy that from January to December, the number of foreign tourists in the year 2015 was 80.2 lakhs, while from January to December it was 76.8 lakhs in the year 2014.
This figure saw an increase of 4.4 percent in a year. This year, there is a lot of increase in this. Trend continuously continues in January 2016 also. In January this year, 8.4 lakh people arrived, while in January 2015, the arrival of foreign tourists was 7.9 lakh. This number has seen an increase of about 6.8 per cent.
One of the major effects of the inflow of foreign tourists is also seen as an increase in the country's foreign exchange earnings. According to government data, foreign tourist earnings of foreign tourist earnings in the year 2013 were Rs 1,07,671 crore and in the year 2014, it increased to Rs 1,23,320 crore, while in the year 2015 it was Rs 1,35,193 crore.
The highest increase in the inflow of foreign tourists has come under the e-tourist visa. From January to December, 4,45,300 tourists arrived in Delhi on the e-tourist visa in 2015, compared to 39,046 in the same period in the year 2014. With this view, this increase is about 1040 per cent.
During the January-February of the year 2016, e-tourist visas reached 2,05,372 tourists, compared to 50,008 in the year 2015. In this sense, this increase is about 310 percent. UK, US, Russia, Australia, Germany, France, Canada, China, South, Korea and China have the highest number of foreign tourists coming to India through e-tourists in 2015.
The Government of India has started facilitating a welcome leaflet or Welcome booklet for foreign tourists coming to India via e Tourist Visa, in which foreign tourists are given a booklet on arrival at the airport, in which the tourists' Along with all the information like Email ID, there is also a list of 'What to Do' and 'Do not Do'. Apart from this, there is helpline number information too.
The Ministry of Tourism has started a tourism helpline service in view of the needs of foreign tourists, in which information is available through the Filahl twelve foreign languages. It would be interesting to know that the Ministry of Tourism has started working on the facilities and schemes of tourism keeping in mind the needs and interests of foreign tourists; In addition to religious tourism, medical tourism, adventure and exciting tourism, there is general tourism.
India is a confluence of many religions; Keeping this in mind, the Central Government has promoted religious tourism. The Buddha Circuit, Ramayana Circuit and the Krishna Circuit started by the NDA government are being extended beyond the same motive. It is notable that Buddhists are living in large numbers in all Southeast Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. India is seen as a highly respected and sacred place for all these countries;
In view of this, the Government of India is working very seriously about the Buddha Circuit in the country.India is not only within the country of Buddhist circuits, but also in countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka, like neighboring countries.




