ABSTRACT

The Project is an integral part of the Travel & Tourism Industry. All types of tourism in India have registered phenomenal growth in the last decade ever since the Indian government decided to boost revenues from the tourism sector by projecting India as the ultimate tourist spot.

The reason why India has been doing well in all types of tourism in India India has always been known for its hospitality, uniqueness, and charm attributes that have been attracting foreign travelers to India in hordes

Indian history can be roughly divided into the 6 periods of Ancient India Heritage Tourism, Ecotourism, Adventure Tourism, Wildlife Tourism, Pilgrimage Tourism, Medical tourism

In India we have many policies, the very famous policy of the 7-S Mantra

Introduction to Indian Tourism Industry

History of the Indian Tourism Tourism industry in India is on a great boom at the moment India has become a major global tourist destination and Indian tourism industry is exploiting this potential to the hilt. Travel and tourism industry is the second highest foreign exchange earner for India, and the government has given travel & tourism organizations export house status.

The Indian tourism industry can be attributed to several factors. Firstly, the tremendous growth of Indian economy has resulted in more disposable income in the hands of middle class, thereby prompting increasingly large number of people to spend money on vacations abroad or at home. Secondly, India is a booming IT hub and more and more people are coming to India on business trips. Thirdly, aggressive advertising campaign "Incredible India" by Tourism Ministry has played a major role in changing the image of India from that of the land of snake charmers to a hot and happening place and has sparked renewed interest among foreign travelers.
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Travel & tourism industry's contribution to Indian industry is immense. Tourism is one of the main foreign exchange earners and contributes to the economy indirectly through its linkages with other sectors like horticulture, agriculture, poultry, handicrafts and construction. Tourism industry also provides employment to millions of people in India both directly and indirectly through its linkage with other sectors of the economy. According to an estimate total direct employment in the tourism sector is around 20 million. Travel & tourism industry in India is marked by considerable government presence. Each state has a tourism corporation, which runs a chain of hotels/ guest houses and operates package tours, while the central government runs the India Tourism Development Corporation. The policy is built around the 7-S Mantra Swaagat (welcome), Soochanaa (information), Suvidhaa (facilitation), Surakshaa (security), Sahyog (cooperation), Sanrachnaa (infrastructure) Safaai (cleanliness).

Some of the salient features of the Tourism Policy are:

 The policy proposes the inclusion of tourism in the concurrent list of the Constitution to enable both the central and state governments to participate in the development of the sector. No approval required for foreign equity of up to 51 per cent in tourism projects. NRI investment up to 100% allowed. Automatic approval for Technology agreements in the hotel industry, subject to the fulfillment of certain specified parameters. Concession rates on customs duty of 25% for goods that are required for initial setting up, or for substantial expansion of hotels. 50% of profits derived by hotels, travel agents and tour operators in foreign exchange are exempt from income tax. The remaining profits are also exempt if reinvested in a tourism related project. Types of Tourism All types of tourism in India have registered phenomenal growth in the last decade ever since the Indian government decided to boost revenues from the tourism sector by projecting India as the ultimate tourist spot. The reason why India has been doing well in all types of tourism in India India has always been known for its hospitality, uniqueness, and charm attributes that have been attracting foreign travelers to India in hordes The different types of tourism in India:
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Heritage Tourism India has always been famous for its rich heritage and ancient culture. Indias glorious past and cultural diversity make a potent blend which attracts millions of tourists each year to its heritage tourist attractions India's rich heritage is amply reflected in the various temples, palaces, monuments, and forts that can be found everywhere in the country The most popular heritage tourism destinations in India are: Taj Mahal in Agra Mandawa castle in Rajasthan Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu Madurai in Tamil Nadu Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh Delhi, the Indian capital Ecotourism Ecotourism entails traveling to places that are renowned for their natural beauty and social culture, while making sure not to damage the ecological balance. Eco-tourists have been thronging India in large numbers for it has a rich source of flora and fauna. A great number of endangered and rare species are also to be found in the various national parks in India. The major national parks in India for ecotourism are: Corbett National Park in Uttar Pradesh
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 Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh Gir National Park and Sanctuary in Gujarat Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan Adventure Tourism Adventure tourism is recently growing in India. tourists prefer to go for trekking to places like Ladakh, Sikkim and Himalaya. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir are popular for the skiing facilities they offer. Whitewater rafting is also catching on in India and tourists flock to places such as Uttranchal, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh for this adrenalin-packed activity.

Wildlife Tourism India has a rich forest cover which has some beautiful and exotic species of wildlife, The places where a foreign tourist can go for wildlife tourism in India are the Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, and Corbett National Park.

Pilgrimage Tourism India is probably the ultimate destination of all kinds of pilgrims following any faith around the world. he great religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam,
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Christianity and Sikhism are the integral part of Indian culture and heritage whose values and faiths are mingled with the air, soil and the sky of India

Famous Pilgrimage & places in India

. Ajmer . Pushkar . Haridwar . Amarnath . Badrinath . Gangotri . Kedarnath . Yamunotri . Chardham Yatra . Rishikesh . Manikaran . Paonta Sahib . Rewalsar . Omkareshwar . Ajmer Sharief
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. Rameswaram . Mathura Vrindavan . Puri . Guruvayur . Shirdi Saibaba . Amarnath Cave . Vaishno Devi . Jagannath Temple . Konark Sun Temple . Tirupati Temple

Pilgrimage Places
. Himachal Pradesh . Rajasthan . Uttranchal . Kerala . Maharashtra . Tamil Nadu
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. Jammu And Kashmir . Madhya Pradesh . Madhya Pradesh . Karnataka . Andhra Pradesh . Temples . Mosques

Last five year history of Indian Tourism Industry

Jan 8, 2004 - With the travel industry going great guns, religious sojourns seem to be the latest flavour and according to tour operators like Thomas Cook, Coxs & Kings, Sita (Kuoni) India, this season has witnessed a number of inquires for specific religious tours from overseas traveler, foreign tourists spent around US$ 15.4 billion during their trips to India. Being a country with tremendous diversity, India has a lot to offer in terms of tourism and related activities. Jan 10, 2005 - The tsunami tragedy, which has destroy the tourism activity of countries like Sri Lanka and Maldives, will not lead to a crisis for Indian tourism, according to the industry. Subhash Goyal, president, Indian Association of Tour Operators

Jun 28, 2006 - A 2-day meet on Overseas Marketing of Indian tourism will begin tomorrow at New Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Tourism. Apart from Heads of Overseas offices of India Tourism, various stakeholders in travel industry will participate in the 2-day Meet and will have a review of Tourism Feb 2, 2007 - "These numbers also include the non-resident Indians that make more than one trip to India every year. That should not be counted as growth in tourism. We are way behind other countries. A small place like Macao registered 21.99 million tourist arrivals in 2006," Nov 10, 2008 - Global tourism industry has witnessed a notable shift towards emerging markets including India, India was featured in six segments such as-authenticity, history, art and culture, value for money, most impressive last year

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Foreign Tourist Arrivals In India, 1996 - 2006

Source : (secondary data)

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Foreign Tourist Arrivals In India, 1996 - 2006

Source : secondary data

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Source : secondary data

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OBJECTIVE, PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

Objective of the study - To know how to sell your products, tour packages in tourism industry and in corporate sector - To understand what customer wants in their trips, events and meetings and how to organize or modify according to there choice and taste for the customers. - To know very new ideas to selling their products in market

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Purpose of the Study To know the growth of the industry To know the famous Indian Destinations for foreign travelers. Main summery in this project is Indian tourism growing day by day I came to know with the help of my seniors and secondary data that India has everything landscapes, beaches, valley, forest mountain everything is here in India, thats why India is one of the famous tourist place in this world
Limitation Of The Study

My study was based only in India Only few years data was taken into consideration I had limited days to do this research.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC

TOURISM MARKETING
The marketing mix-the 4 Ps-target audience-segmentation-objectives-evaluation. These and other terms are all used in the process of "marketing." In tourism and tourism related industries, success means understanding this process.

This bulletin is designed for those in the tourism

industry who may not be in marketing, the

completely familiar with marketing or who may simply wish to refresh their basic marketing skills. Covered will be important concepts used relationship of marketing to tourism, and a process for developing a marketing plan for tourism/recreation businesses and/or communities. It will be impossible to cover in detail all the aspects of marketing within the scope of this bulletin. There are, however, other bulletins in this series that will provide more in-depth information on the different components of a marketing plan.

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WHAT IS MARKETING

People hold a variety of misconceptions about marketing. Most common is its confusion with selling and advertising. Selling and advertising are actually types of promotion which is only a component of marketing. Marketing involves much more, including product/service development, place (location and distribution), and pricing. It requires information about people, especially those interested in what you have to offer (your "market"), such as what they like, where they buy and how much they spend. Its role is to match the right product or service with the right market or audience. Marketing, as you will see, is an art and a science. According to the American Marketing Association, marketing is "the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives." Simply stated it is creating and promoting a product (ideas, goods or services) that satisfies a customer's need or desire and is available at a desirable price and place. Modern marketing is a way of doing business, heavily based on the "marketing concept" which holds that businesses and organizations should:

(1) and

design wants;

their (2)

products/services on those

to

meet most

customer likely to buy

needs their

focus

people

product rather than the entire mass market; and (3) develop marketing efforts that fit into their overall business objectives. By adopting this concept you not only provide your customers with better products, you will avoid wasting valuable time and money developing and promoting a product or service nobody
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wants.

RECREATION AND TOURISM MARKETING

Earlier it was mentioned that a product can be "ideas, goods, or services." Since tourism is primarily a service based industry, the principal products provided by recreation/tourism (R/T) businesses are recreational experiences and hospitality. These are intangible products and more difficult to market than tangible products such as automobiles. The intangible nature of services makes quality control difficult but crucial. It also makes it more difficult for potential customers to evaluate and compare service offerings. In addition, instead of moving the product to the customer, the customer must travel to the product (area/community). Travel is a significant portion of the time and money spent in association with recreational and tourism experiences and is a major factor in people's decisions on whether or not to visit your business or community. As an industry, tourism has many components comprising the overall "travel experience." Along with transportation, it includes such things as accommodations, food and beverage services, shops, entertainment, aesthetics and special events. It is rare for one business to provide the variety of activities or facilities tourists need or desire. This adds to the difficulty of maintaining and controlling the quality of the experience. To overcome this hurdle, tourism related businesses, agencies, and organizations need to work together to package and promote tourism opportunities in their areas and align their efforts to assure consistency in product quality.
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THE MARKETING PLAN One of the most important steps a business or community

can take to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their marketing efforts is to develop a written marketing plan. This plan will guide their marketing decisions and assist them in allocating marketing resources such as money and personnel time. The plan should include: (1) the overall business objectives--what you want to accomplish; (2) an assessment of the market environment--what factors may affect your marketing efforts; (3) a business/community profile--what resources are available, (4) market identification (segmentation)--the specific groups or clientele most interested in your product; (5) the marketing objectives for each segment; (6) the marketing strategies (or mixes) for different markets you target--the best combination of the 4 Ps (product, price, place, promotion) for each segment; (7) an implementation plan--how to "make it work;" (8) the marketing budget-how much you have to spend; and (9) a method for evaluation and change.
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MARKET ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

The next step in developing a marketing plan is to assess the impact of nvironmental factors (such as economic, social and political) on present and future markets. Changes in these factors can create marketing opportunities as well as problems.

Demographic and Lifestyle Trends Changing demographics and lifestyles are having a major impact on R/T participation. An assessment of these trends is important to understand how they will likely affect your business or community. Some (1) (2) (3) rural number of the important growth growth women family compared employed size adult trends that and to bear watching: areas; home;

population community of but

movement; metropolitan outside is the

(4) the number of households is growing, especially non family and single parent households, decreasing; (5) the impact of two wage earner households on real family income; (6) the number of retired persons with the financial ability to travel; (7) (8) better continued health aging of to the an population older (we age; are and a becoming

middle aged society).

Economic Conditions
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Overall economic conditions can have significant impacts on recreation and tourism markets. A marketing strategy that is effective during periods of low unemployment rates may have to be significantly adjusted if unemployment increases. Businesses and communities should monitor and assess the likely impact of factors such as unemployment rates, real family income, rate of inflation, credit availability, terms and interest rates. Consideration should also be given to the rices of complementary products, such as lodging, gasoline and recreation equipment.

Laws and Government Actions

As a complex industry, tourism is significantly affected both positively and egatively by laws and by actions of governmental agencies. For instance, rulings on such things as liability issues or decisions regarding building and health codes may change or possibly prevent the construction of a proposed facility. If a public facility changes the prices of its services, this could affect the service offerings of associated private businesses. These actions may have both positive and negative effects on the marketing efforts of the business and community. To avoid wasting valuable resources it is important that R/T businesses, agencies, and communities continually monitor and evaluate governmental actions.

Technology
Technological developments are increasing rapidly. New recreation products, such as all-terrain vehicles and wind surfers, provide new ways for people to satisfy their recreational preferences. New production technologies and materials offer recreation and tourism businesses ways to reduce costs and improve the quality of their products/services. Advances in telecommunications have and will continue
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to create new promotional opportunities. Technological innovations, in relation to jobs and the home, have resulted in increased leisure time for many people.

Competition
Businesses and communities must identify and analyze existing and potential competitors. The objective of the analysis is to determine the strengths and eaknesses of the competition's marketing strategies. The analysis should include the competition's: (1) product/service features and quality; (2) location relative to different geographic markets; (3) promotional themes and messages; (4) prices; and (5) type of customer they are attracting.

BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PROFILES Too many communities attempt to market themselves as tourist destinations ithout accurate information about their resources (facilities, services, staff), image (projected vs. actual), and how well their customers are satisfied. Without this information, it is difficult to make other decisions in the planning process. Included should be such things as recreational and entertainment facilities, cultural and historic sites, overnight accommodations, restaurants, shopping opportunities,
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special events and activities, staff size, and transportation. Each item of the inventory" should also be assessed in terms of quality and availability.

CONCLUSION Customer satisfaction in tourism is greatly influenced by the way in which the service (hospitality) is delivered and the physical appearance and personality of the business. It is critical that these elements be communicated in the best possible manner to convince people to come and experience what your business or community has to offer. Equally important is the ability to generate repeat business because of your efforts. Thus, marketing becomes the method to reach potential visitors. It is a vital part of tourism management and can be done effectively and well, with sophistication and tact, or it can be done poorly in a loud, crass and intrusive manner. Hopefully, this bulletin has given you the basics for the former rather than the latter. Remember that to do an effective job at marketing: (1) adopt a strong customer orientation which includes regular research and assessment (2) (3) person (4) develop allocate assign of their needs, resources responsibility wants and for time and to attitudes; marketing; to and a marketing plan. one

sufficient formal or and

marketing

department; regularly update

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Recommendations and Suggestions

They should improve their Ideas, packages Itineraries an attractive offers according as per customer demand to grow their image in the tourism market

They should improve their staff member, they have to improve way of talking (How to introduce their self & companies profile to new customer)

They should improve their infrastructure for meetings in their own office

They should publish there itineraries new packages on internet to get more business from new customers

They should improve their advertisement style and try to publish their products in market in a new style

They should modify there website, their packages on website information regarding tourism time to time with new innovative ideas

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 They should move to travel consultant to travel agent it will make lil more profit to their company

Bibliography Websitewww.wikkipedia.com www.tourismofindia.com www.travelindia.com www.google.com www.yahoo.com

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