Until a few years ago, maybe around 15-20 years ago, my idea of a holiday was going to my maternal grandmother’s place and spending time with my cousins and relatives. We used to play games on the road(not the main road), we used to all sit together to eat food and this memory was my ideal definition of a holiday. Nowadays times have changed, the idea of a vacation usually means going to a destination where there are sights to see, this has become the new normal.
As the per person capital of a country increases people are bound to visit places which are destinations for culture, pleasure or nature. This adds a significant value to the people living in those destinations. This also boosts sectors like airlines, hotel, railways. Since some of them might take personal loans to fund their trips, credit as a category might go up as well. As disposable incomes went higher, people started travelling abroad bollywood played a major role for them in discovering the locations to travel to.
There has been a shift from pilgrimage with families, to group tours, to customized tours, and finally towards traveling to enrich our lives. All of this will majorly boost the economy when destinations are more standardized, tourist friendly. In china, the citizens used to opt for many international destinations, after covid the government encouraged people to check out the places in their own country and this has given a major boost to the economy as well. Going ahead there will be policy more focused towards building India as a tourism destination.
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