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Tourism in India is a booming industry. Tourism contributes 6.23 percent to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. Now a day 's Tourism industry & education are the prime concerns of most of the developed nations in the world. The city Dehradun is the capital of Uttarakhand state of India. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations across India, known for its scenic surroundings and beautiful mountain tracks. The purpose of the study is to find out the stature of tourism education in the city. The study will analyze the market to find out the status of the tourism education at UG and PG level. Study helps to find out the role of tourism education in a tourism rich state and how professionalism in education enhances the quality.
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Tourism in India is a booming industry. Tourism contributes 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during 2015 were 6.58 million, contributing anestimated foreign exchange earnings of US$ 14.19 billion. Despite the recession, the tourism industry has shown impressive growth in the number of foreign tourist arrivals. India is 42nd in the world rankings as per foreign tourism arrivals in the globe. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has named India along with China, as one of the fastest growing tourism industries for the next 10 to 15 years. Tourism today is the most vibrant tertiary sectors and has a dominant stronghold in the economy.
Indian tourism is vast & varied, it requires professionally trained manpower to develop, promote, plan & market to deliver high quality services in the global competitive market. Nowadays the tourism industry & correspondent education are the prime concerns of most of the developed nations in the world. Developing nations & least developed countries also try to project their tourism in the current knowledge based society. Therefore, quality education, industry institute partnerships, collaboration with consultants, rethinking of vocational education, impetus on higher education, research & training in the field have to be focused upon to ensure the smooth functioning of tourism industry. International organizations like the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the World Tourism Or- ganization (WTO), the World...