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TOURISM IN INDIA
India is the land of innumerable Gods and Goddesses,
languages, religions and traditions but still in this
diversity one can find a unity. India is a country with
a diverse topography-from the great Himalayan mountains
in the north, the Thar desert in the west, the rain-fed
Delta (the Sunder bans) in east and the coastal areas
in the south. India has a panorama of scenes, which
reflects the spectrum of Indian colours.
According to Ministry of Tourism, the first ten months
(January-October) of the calendar year 2006 witnessed
a total tourist inflow of 34,102,72 as against 30,153,62
in the same period of the last year. The total foreign
exchange earnings earned in the first ten months (January-October)
of the calendar year 2006 stood at US$ 5035.25 million
against US$ 4466.03 million for the same period in 2005.
Further, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council,
India's travel and tourism (T&T) industry is expected
to contribute 2.1 percent to Gross Domestic Product
in 2006(INR 713.8 billion or US$ 16.3 billion)
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