India is a large market for travel and tourism. It offers a diverse portfolio of niche tourism products - cruises, adventure, medical, wellness, sports, MICE, eco-tourism, film, rural and religious tourism. India has been recognised as a destination for spiritual tourism for domestic and international tourists.
Total contribution by travel and tourism sector to India’s GDP is expected to increase from US$ 136.3 billion in 2015 to US$ 275.2 billion in 2025. India ranked third among 184 countries in terms of travel & tourism’s total contribution to GDP in 2016. Travel and tourism is the third largest foreign exchange earner for India. A sum of US$ 19.884 billion was earned under foreign exchange through tourism during January-September 2017. The sector accounted for 9.3 per cent of total employment generated in the country in 2016 and the employment in the sector is expected to rise to 46.42 million by 2026.During January – September 7.1 million foreign tourists have arrived in India.
The launch of several branding and marketing initiatives by the Government of India such as ‘Incredible India!’ and ‘Athiti Devo Bhava’ has provided a focused impetus to growth. The Indian government has also released a fresh category of visa - the medical visa or M visa, to encourage medical tourism in the country.Incredible India 2.0 campaign was launched in September 2017.
The Government has also been making serious efforts to boost investments in tourism sector. In the hotel and tourism sector, 100 per cent FDI is allowed through the automatic route. A five-year tax holiday has been offered for 2, 3 and 4 star category hotels located around UNESCO World Heritage sites (except Delhi and Mumbai). The investment in tourism sector is expected to be US$ 12.4 billion in the 12th Five Year Plan; of these, private investments are likely to total US$ 9.2 billion.Total FDI received by Indian tourism & hospitality sector was US$ 10.48 billion up to Q1 FY18.
Tourism & Hospitality Industry in India
Introduction
The Indian tourism and hospitality industry has emerged as one of the key drivers of growth among the services sector in India. Tourism in India has significant potential considering the rich cultural and historical heritage, variety in ecology, terrains and places of natural beauty spread across the country. Tourism is also a potentially large employment generator besides being a significant source of foreign exchange for the country.
Market Size
India’s rising middle class and increasing disposable incomes has continued to support the growth of domestic and outbound tourism.
Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) to the States/Union Territories (UTs) grew by 15.5 per cent y-o-y to 1.65 billion (provisional) during 2016 with the top 10 States/UTs contributing about 84.2 per cent to the total number of DTVs, as per Ministry of Tourism.
Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India increased 18 per cent year-on-year to reach 723,000 in September 2017. FTAs on e-Tourist Visa in India increased 71 per cent year-on-year to 118,000 in September 2017.
India's Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) increased 16.1 per cent year-on-year to US$ 2.176 billion in August 2017.
India is expected to move up five spots to be ranked among the top five business travel market globally by 2030, as business travel spending in the country is expected to treble until 2030 from US$ 30 billion in 2015. #
International hotel chains will likely increase their expansion and investment plans in India, and are expected to account for 50 per cent share in the Indian hospitality industry by 2022, from the current 44 per cent.*
Investments
The tourism and hospitality sector is among the top 10 sectors in India to attract the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). During the period April 2000-June 2017, the hotel and tourism sector attracted around US$ 10.48 billion of FDI, according to the data released by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
With the rise in the number of global tourists and realising India’s potential, many companies have invested in the tourism and hospitality sector. Some of the recent investments in this sector are as follows:
MakeMyTrip raised US$ 330 million from Ctrip.com International Ltd, Naspers Ltd and few undisclosed investors, in a bid to withstand competition in the ticketing segment.
MakeMyTrip has agreed to buy Ibibo Group’s India travel business at a deal value of US$ 720 million, thus creating India’s largest online travel firm with a value of US$ 1.8 billion, as estimated by Morgan Stanley.
Yellow Tie Hospitality Management Llp, specialising in franchise management of food and beverages firms, plans to invest up to US$ 15-20 million in five restaurant ventures of celebrity chef Mr Harpal Singh Sokhi, with the aim to have 250 outlets under these brands by 2020.
Chaudhary Group (CG) Hotels & Resorts aims to have 200 hotels operational by 2020.
DineEquity Incorporation has signed a franchisee partnership deal with food services firm Kwal’s Group, in order to enter the Indian markets with their breakfast chain IHOP.
As per industry experts, mid-hotel segment in India is expected to receive investments of Rs 6,600 crore (US$ 990 million) excluding land over next five years, with major hotel chains like Mariott, Carlson Rezidor and ITC planning to set up upscale, budget hotels in state capitals and tier-II cities.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has outlined plans of bringing its Hyatt Centric brand to India soon along with three new hotels in Kochi, Rameswaram and Hyderabad by 2017.
Vatika Hotels Pvt Ltd has raised Rs 495 crore (US$ 74.25 million) in debt from Axis Bank Ltd to expand its hotels and quick-service restaurant chain besides its business centres.
AccorHotels, a French multinational hotel group, plans to expand its footprint in Guwahati and Kolkata by adding more 550 rooms to its portfolio of hotels in the next three years.
Government Initiatives
The Indian government has realised the country’s potential in the tourism industry and has taken several steps to make India a global tourism hub.
In the Union Budget 2017-18, the Government of India announced some initiatives to give a boost to the tourism and hospitality sector such as setting up of five special tourism zones, special pilgrimage or tourism trains and worldwide launch of Incredible India campaign among others.
Some of the major initiatives taken by the Government of India to give a boost to the tourism and hospitality sector of India are as follows:
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, is planning to revise India's coastal regulation norms aimed at opening up the 7,500 km long coastline for developmental activities like tourism and real estate.
The Central Government has taken a number of steps for smooth transitioning to cashless mode of payment to ensure that no hardship is faced by the tourists and the tourism industry remains unaffected from government's demonetisation move.
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has come up with a unique tourism experience of visiting the open cast coal mine of Gondegaon and underground coal mine of Saoner, which are near Nagpur and part of Western Coalfields Limited.
A Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed among the Indian Ministry of Tourism, National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC), National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) and Government of Jammu and Kashmir for the implementation of tourism projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
Road Ahead
India’s travel and tourism industry has huge growth potential. The tourism industry is also looking forward to the expansion of E-visa scheme which is expected to double the tourist inflow to India. JW Marriott plans to have 175-200 hotels in India over the next four years.
AccorHotels India has adopted a ‘born in France, made in India’ approach to increase its properties in India, which has reached a total of 45 hotels and is expected to increase to 55 hotels by 2017.
Exchange Rate Used: INR 1 = US$ 0.015 as of October 6, 2017.
References: Media Reports, Ministry of Tourism, Press Releases, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Press Information Bureau (PIB), Union Budget 2017-18
Note - ! - As per the report of National Skill Development Corporation on “Human Resource and Skill Requirements in the Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Sector (2013 -17, 2017 – 22)”, @ - World Economic Forum (WEF) report, # - According to a report by KPMG and FCM Travel Solutions, # - According to data from Indian Credit Rating Agency (ICRA).
- Tourism in India accounts for 9.6 per cent of the GDP and is the 3rd largest foreign exchange earner for the country
- The tourism and hospitality sector’s direct contribution to GDP in 2016, was US$ 71.53 billion
- During 2006–17E, direct contribution of tourism and hospitality to GDP is expected to register a CAGR of 14.05 per cent
- The direct contribution of travel and tourism to GDP is expected to reach US$ 147.96 billion by 2027
- In 2016, foreign tourist arrival in India stood at 8.8 million.
- By 2025, foreign tourist arrivals in India is expected to reach 15.3 million, according to the World Tourism Organisation
- In December 2016, over 1,62,250 foreign tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa, in comparison with 103,617 foreign tourists in December 2015, registering a growth of 56.6 per cent over the previous year
- As of December 2016, 8.8 million tourists have visited India, mostly from UK, US and Bangladesh.
- This has been due to flexible government policies, developed rail and road infrastructure, ease in availability of e-visas to foreign tourists.
- The number of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in April 2017 were 7.40 lakh as compared to FTAs of 5.99 lakh in April 2016 and 5.42 lakh in April, 2015.
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