India – Tourism to generate jobs

Union Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Friday said that tourism will be a major source of employment in the years to come.

Addressing the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, Pusa in New Delhi on Friday, he said while the agriculture sector provides jobs to 45 people per lakh, tourism provides employment to 78 people per lakh as per a Planning Commission finding.

“India has the potential market for tourism and has set a target to achieve 12 per cent growth in tourism sector by 2016. If this is achieved, we will be able to create 25 million additional jobs,” said Sahai.

The Minister said India has tremendous facilities for the development of human resource in tourism sector which can be utilized by developing countries. “Our target is to attain one percent share of the world tourism arrivals by the end of 12th Five Year Plan,” he said.

“Tourism to generate jobs”
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