Influence of E-Tourism in Indias GDP

Tourism is an activity that is mainly Carrie out for recreational and leisure time purposes. This activity has proved vital for many countries developing as well as developed count ries. It has been proved in case of India. During the last decade of 20 th century, India saw the emergence of e-tourism, its innovation and growth. It is because of the online revolution and its utility where the tourists are more interested to get information on destinations, facilities, availabilities, prices, geography & climate and present status of friendly relation. This led to the development of e-commerce strategies in tourism industry and more services in the form of online hotel booking, flight booking, car booking, bus booking came into forefront as online services provided by the big online travel industries like Makemytrip.com, Yatra.com, Cleartrip.com, Ezeego1.com, Arzoo.com, Travelguru.com, Travel.indiatimes.com. On these sites, the travellers have wide option of exploring details of hotels, flights, cars, buses and other allied services. Incredible India is the most sough-after tourist destinations of traveller since the ancient time when the Indian subcontinent was explored by the outsiders. India had become a home to many visitors and invaders starting from the Aryans invasion during the prehistoric era of India.Developing country like India tourism has become one of the major sectors of the economy, contributing to a large proportion to GDP and employment opportunities. Tourism is one of the fastest growing service industry in the country with great potentials for its further expansion and diversification. Tourism industry plays a major role in any country’s economic development.