More than two years after the Covid pandemic halted travel, India’s tourism and hospitality industry is now cautiously hopeful. Freelance journalist Rubina A Khan on what’s driving the optimism.
Tourism constituted almost 3% of India’s GDP and generated around 100 million jobs in 2019.
But the sector was severely hit in India – like in other countries – when the pandemic struck. Only 2.74 million foreign tourists visited India in 2020 compared with…