Domestic travellers too going places

New Delhi: It’s not just foreign tourist arrivals which is going through the roof. Domestic travellers too are footloose and this year will see a big jump in, from 425 million last year to 500 million this year, an increase of more than 18%. According to tourism ministry figures, in 2004 the domestic travellers were 368 million and the numbers have steadily gone up since then.
An interesting fact which has emerged is that out of the 425 million domestic tourists last year, only 225 million were urban residents. The remaining 200 million were rural residents. And while 30 to 35% of the domestic travellers go for religious trips, the leisure segment too is on the fast track.
In fact, besides the popular destinations such as Goa and Kochi, many north Indian states such as Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal too will together register more than 230 million domestic tourists this year - which is more than 40% of the total numbers.
15/04/07 Raja Awasthi/Economic Times

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Categories: General Aviation Apr 2007