The world over, from times immemorial humans have been on the move with utter disregard to physical barriers. Being a social animal occupying the topmost rug of the pyramid representing the living beings on this planet with a very high sense of his surroundings and awareness, the history of man has always been choc-a- bloc with such daring exploits as to leave the world flummoxed. Tourist whether from any part of the world is an ambassador of his place carrying with him loads of experience in culture, food habit, traditions typical of him.We have had in the past tourists cum traveller & scholars in the form of Chinese Hiuen Tsang and FaHaien making their epoch journey to India in 629-645 CE. They carried with them the wisdom of Chinese Buddhism and took back 627 Indian texts back to china. FaHaien in particular stayed for more than a decade in India savouring our riches in terms of art, culture, cuisine and last but not the least walked the world famous corridors of education at Nalanda .Thus effectively they were their country’s brand ambassador opening new vistas of insight to Indian scholars of repute too across the Himalayas.
Across the globe tourism potential has been gaining new traction with new and newer countries irrespective of their geographical size scripting stories of success in terms of drawing the much needed equity in their country’s economy as also catapulting the country’s self-esteem in the comity of nations. India is no exception to the above phenomenon. As for any other country, tourism is important for India’s economy which is on an upward curve.As per the ‘World travel & tourism council’ the business of tourism has generated the world over approximately 16.91 lakh crores (USD $ 220 Billion) or 9.2% of India’s GDP in the last three years or so. Moreover as per the GOI data about 2.74 million foreign tourists landed on Indian shores in 2020 to partake in our country’s tourism pie with the…