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At this year’s WTM, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and for Culture (Independent charge), inaugurated the exhibition along with Simon Press, Executive Director, WTM London and Vinod Zutshi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. India participated in full strength with 42 co-exhibitors in the India Pavilion comprising of State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, tourism stakeholders etc.
Online analysis on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, forums, news sites, blogs, YouTube and Instagram during the three-day show revealed, the most talked-about destinations and topics, following the research by PR specialist Bell Pottinger. India gained online traction after being named one of the hot spots for 2017 and second most talked about destinations in the world.
Indian tourism has already shown signs of an upswing by way of growth of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in the current year. When the annual international growth rate is around 4 to 4.5%, India is witnessing double digit growth of 10.5% in the current year.
During the period January- October 2016, Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India were 69,61,660 with a growth of 10.5% as compared to the Foreign Tourist Arrival of 62,98,463 during January-October 2015. Foreign Exchange Earnings during the same period has witnessed the growth of 14.7%. This positive development is expected to continue during remaining period of this year.
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Source: travelnewsdigest.in