The NSSO conducted domestic tourism 2014-2015 covered above 1 lakh households in rural and urban . tourism is defined using concept of trip . the purpose of trip can be health,medical,shopping(HSHL) , BUSINESS, education,pilgrimage and training (BSPE) .it may be traveling period of 30 days 0r 365 days of stay in that domestic area .
Domestic tourism is one of major source of economic growth and development and income generation ( 6.7% of GDP product) for nation . domestic tourism creates informal and formal employment .
LEVEL OF DOMESTIC TOURISM IN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA :
1)IN 2014 -2015 around 62 mn (36.6%) of rural households and 29.8 mn (35%) urban households reported least one tourism trip in last 365 days for HSHL purpose or in last 30 days for BSPE PURPOSES .
2) HSHL activities larger than compared to trips for BSPE activities .moreover , the HSHL very expensive and higher consumption than BSPE .
KEY REASONS FOR HOUSEHOLD DOMESTIC TOURISM TRIPS:
1) HEALTH AND MEDICAL PURPOSE : in 2014-2015 number of trip reasons were 36mn ( 28 mn from rural and 7 mn from urban) rural people flow to urban areas for health check ups and other non -communicable disease diagnosis . reason urban bodies well facilitated with multi speciality hospitals . and hospitals offer medical reimbursement facility to farmers .
2) EDUCATION : in rural areas no parent wish to send their children to government school by reason of quality of education .so, majority of students enroll in urban cities for good quality of teaching.
3)PILGRIMAGES : festivals and worshiping is center point in indian culture . every occasional the devotes floating to temples is high .
UNDERSTANDING FROM DOMESTIC TOURISM PATTERNS IN INDIA :
1) inidian families at least go for one trip occasionally for ex festivals,rituals
2) comparing with old days modern days of technology and transportation increases this making very easy to reach destination of trip.
3) staying at one place for education or business purpose increased. this brings a different language of people at one place ..
Domestic tourism increasing day to day and it is a UNIFYING culture . different states in india promoting their way of tourism ex: rajastan and maharatra ,northeast and other states .
