Growth Drivers and Challenges before Indian Tourism Industry

The tourism and hospitality industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing sector in the world. Tourism can become one of the key driver for Indian economy. The introduction of tourism not only help in generating foreign current but also helps local and host communities. Tourism activities rises their income level which leads to higher living standards. Indian government is also trying to regulate the tourism activities by developing diverse tourism offerings and policy which plays a pivotal role in reshaping the tourism and hospitality sector in India. But still there are some issues faced by tourism industry which are hindering the growth of this sector. Some of the challenges such as social and political uncertainty, overburden on some tourist sites, international competition, seasonality, changing tourist dynamics and liberalization are proving to be bottleneck in the development of tourism sector in India.