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Bird Education Society for Travel & Tourism is an academy based in New Delhi with campuses in Chandigarh and Mumbai. [1]The institute offers both Full-time and Part-time courses in the field of Aviation, Travel and Tourism, Information Technology and Hospitality Management involving Soft skills Training, IATA Consultant and Foundation Course, Airport Handling and Dangerous Goods Regulation.
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) is an institute based in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, with campuses in Bhubaneswar, Noida, Nellore, [2] and Goa, offering training, education and research in sustainable management of tourism, travel and other allied sectors.
The India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) is a hospitality, retail and education company owned by the Government of India, under the administration of the Ministry of Tourism. Established in 1966, it owns over 17 properties under the Ashok Group of Hotels brand, across India. [3]
During the 1990s, the WTTC expanded the activities of the council to include education and training, air transport liberalisation, taxation, and sustainable development. The new activities led to the creation of the World Travel & Tourism Human Resources Centre in Vancouver and the World Travel & Tourism Taxation Policy Centre in the United States.
Tourism in India is 4.6% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Unlike other sectors, tourism is not a priority sector for the Government of India.The World Travel and Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated ₹ 13.2 lakh crore (US$150 billion) or 5.8% of India's GDP and supported 32.1 million jobs in 2021.
The potential for tourism in India was first recognized with the setting up of a Tourist Traffic Committee, an ad-hoc body, in 1948, to suggest ways and means to promote tourism in India. Based on its recommendations, a tourist traffic branch was set up the following year, with regional offices in Delhi and Mumbai, and in 1951, in Kolkata and ...
Gurgaon is India's largest Medical Tourism hub, [102] followed by Chennai, which is regarded as "India's Health City" as it attracts 45% of health tourists visiting India and 40% of domestic health tourists. India's medical tourism sector was expected to experience an annual growth rate of 30% from 2012, making it a $2 billion industry by 2015.
On 19 January 2013, Hon'ble Union Tourism Minister Shri K Chiranjeevi inaugurated the first NEITM at Guwahati. Northeast India International Travel Mart ( NEITM or ITM ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a tourism event designed to promote the Northeastern region of India , commonly referred to as the North East.