To Pump up domestic tourism, Modi urges citizens to visit at least 15 local tourist destinations by 2022

Prime Minister Modi, addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on his 73rd Independence day speech urged the citizens of India to visit at least 15 tourist destinations by 2022.

He said  there is a “huge” scope to improve India’s tourism sector. “I want the citizens of India to visit at least 15 local tourist destinations, with the family by 2022. I know people travel abroad for holidays but can we think of visiting at least 15 tourist destinations across India before 2022, when we mark 75 years of freedom?” He said people should visit Indian destinations even if there are no hotels or infrastructure there, as their visits would boost tourism in these areas and automatically lead to better facilities.If domestic tourism increases, international footfalls too will increase.

According to an April report by Google and consultancy firm Bain If everyone did it there would be 18.75 billion trips, or 6.25 billion a year. That compared to 1.8 billion domestic tourism trips by Indians last year,. Local trips by domestic travellers have grown at a compounded annual growth rate of around 8% in the last four years, the report said.

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