Archive · 13 Aug 2025
India Aims to Boost Tourism GDP to 10% Through Collaboration
India's government is working with tourism businesses to make tourism a bigger part of the country's economy.
The goal is to increase tourism's contribution to the country's GDP to 10%, which is the average for the world.
The government believes that improving things like roads, training people for jobs, and using new technology can help more tourists come to India and spend money.
This should create jobs and help India's economy grow.
Minister Shekhawat calls for strategic collaboration to boost tourism's GDP contribution.
The goal is to increase tourism's GDP contribution to 10%, aligning with the global average.
The current GDP contribution of the tourism sector in India is 6%.
The minister highlighted the importance of infrastructure, workforce skills, and digital transformation.
Enhanced skills of the workforce are sought via industry-academia linkages.
- Who
- Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and tourism industry stakeholders.
- What
- Efforts to increase tourism's contribution to India's GDP.
- When
- Announced on August 13, 2025, with goals for future growth.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To increase economic growth, create jobs, and align with global averages.
- Current GDP Contribution
- 6%
- Target GDP Contribution
- 10%
- Key Focus Areas
- Infrastructure, workforce skills, and digital transformation
- Stakeholders
- FAITH, industry leaders and policymakers
- Minister
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
