The Indian tourism industry is expected emerge as a second largest employer by 2019. Capital investment in the tourism sector is expected to increase by 8.8% from 2010 to 2019.

Foreign Tourist Arrivals and Foreign Exchange Earnings are important performance indicators about the tourism sector. The foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India during the year 2008 were 5.37 million registering a growth of 5.6% over previous year.

The foreign exchange earnings (FEE) from tourism during 2008 were estimated at 11.75 billion USD as compared to 10.73 billion during 2007, registering a growth of 9.5%.

The Mumbai terror strike and global recession has affected tourist arrivals to India.

India needs to improve tourism infrastructure and services to catch up with other Asian tourism favorites.

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