The Importance Of Tourism In Gujarat

Headline: Khushbu Gujarat Ki spreads to more number of tourists this year

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Be it visiting the mesmerizing Rann of Kutch, witnessing lions at Gir, stopping at the pious Somnath and Dwarka or being a part of the Vibrant Summit, Gujarat has always been hospitable in welcoming more number of international and domestic tourists to her land. As the ministry of tourism recently released data of the total number of visitors that India had in 2016, there has been a rise of 6.8 percent of international tourists and 15.5 percent of domestic tourists from 2015. While there were 143.2 crore travelers in 2015, 2016 saw 165.3 crore. After attracting around 4.3 crore of total tourists to Gujarat, AT finds out reasons as to why people want to come to Gujarat.

Booming festival tourism

Gujarat hosts a lot of tourists during its unique festivals that were started to promote the culture and tradition of the state. As the Tourism Corporation of the state organizes Rann Utsav, International Kite Flying Festival, Saputara Paragliding Festival, these festivals have been successful in attracting ardent travelers. As one of the travelers from Tanzania this year, Tasneem says, “Though we settled in Tanzania since my birth, I always wanted to visit my native place. And obviously I have heard

These hotels, after every five years are revisited to ensure the requisite standards. Recently, a lot of heritage hotels have been introduced with a motive to maintain that particular palace, castle, fort or haveli and to give vintage experience to the tourists. Foreign tourists are crazy about the Indian heritage and culture and so, developing heritage hotels has worked. There are as many as 70 properties classified in heritage hotel category with a room capacity of over 1500