GROWTH OF TOURISM SECTOR IN RAJASTHAN

Abstract

Rajasthan is a place of great heritage, art, craft and culture, with the beautiful history of the kings and warriors. The state represents a remarkable diversity in all its form, whether its people, culture, customs, costumes, cuisines, dialects and music. No other region in the country holds together the many paradoxes of India, as does the desert land of Rajasthan. Unexpected forest glens, lakes and temples appear like illusion in the deserts .There is romance in Rajasthan’s forts and palaces and stories of heroism retold in ballads and legends.

Then there are sanctuaries and national parks which is the shelter of rich and varied species of flora and fauna. And the shimmering Thar Desert belt charms with a rare and amazing sight. Endowed with natural beauty and marvel past, the state is well known for its hospitality also. Rajasthan is a combination of all the tourism products available to foreign tourists and domestic tourists as well where both can take pleasure from a tourist destination. Hence, Rajasthan is a flourishing industry in Rajasthan due to its varied features.

The Rajasthan tourism  is playing an important  role in economic development of many sectors of our economy by generating employment both for skilled and unskilled labour force, by improving living standard, particularly of remote rural areas , foreign exchange earnings, infrastructure development, and boosts the world famous Rajasthan  traditional Art and craft. The state contributed to over 6.3% of India’s Foreign Tourists Arrivals (2015) and over 36.6 million tourists visited Rajasthan in 2015. In Rajasthan, tourism accounts for 2.7% in Gross State Domestic Product and 1.9% in State employment. Tourism is the third largest employer in Rajasthan after agriculture and textiles sector. With all this the present paper is an affable attempt to understand the present status and scenario of Rajasthan tourism, a comparative study about the arrival of foreign tourists and domestic tourists in Rajasthan along with the impact of tourism on Rajasthan’s economy.