India

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"India's tourism industry is experiencing a strong period of growth, driven by the burgeoning Indian middle class, growth in high spending foreign tourists, and coordinated government campaigns to promote 'Incredible India'.

"The tourism industry in India is substantial and vibrant, and the country is fast becoming a major global destination. India's travel and tourism industry is one of them most profitable industries in the country, and also credited with contributing a substantial amount of foreign exchange. This is illustrated by the fact that during 2006, four million tourists visited India and spent US $8.9 billion.

"Several reasons are cited for the growth and prosperity of India's travel and tourism industry. Economic growth has added millions annually to the ranks of India's middle class, a group that is driving domestic tourism growth. Disposable income in India has grown by 10.11% annually from 2001-2006, and much of that is being spent on travel.

"Thanks in part to its booming IT and outsourcing industry a growing number of business trips are made by foreigners to India, who will often add a weekend break or longer holiday to their trip. Foreign tourists spend more in India than almost any other country worldwide. Tourist arrivals are projected to increase by over 22% per year through till 2010, with a 33% increase in foreign exchange earnings recorded in 2004.

"The Tourism Ministry has also played an important role in the development of the industry, initiating advertising campaigns such as the "Incredible India" campaign, which promoted India's culture and tourist attractions in a fresh and memorable way. The campaign helped create a colorful image of India in the minds of consumers all over the world, and has directly led to an increase in the interest among tourists.

"India's governmental bodies have also made a significant impact in tourism by requiring that each and every state of India have a corporation to administer support issues related to tourism.

"A new growth sector is medical tourism. It is currently growing at around 30% per annum. Medical tourist arrivals are expected to reach one million soon.

"The tourism industry of India is based on certain core nationalistic ideals and standards which are: Swaagat or welcome, Sahyog or cooperation, Soochanaa or information, Sanrachanaa or infrastructure, Suvidha or facilitation, Safaai or cleanliness and Surakshaa or security."

1. Pakistan

2. India

3. China

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Pondicherry is the capital city and the largest city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.

Yes. The Himalayas form most of India's border with China.

450 kms

road is better via Aranthangi

Calcutta is a city found in far eastern India. Its proper name to date is now Kolkata.

Yes of course it is. The state is gifted with greenery and water. There are lot of tourist spots. Kovalam is a well known beach; Thekkady is equally known for its wild life. For people who love silence, there is Silent Valley, which is the only forest where the insects don't make any sound. Wynad and Munnar in the Western Ghats makes it more closer to the nature. Travelling along the west coast of Kerala brings you closer to the coasts. A train ride from Kasargode to Trivandrum makes you count the bridges you cross. The language used in Kerala is Malayalam. People even spoke English, Hindi and Tamil also. The traditional dress of Kerala is Mundu for men and a slightly longer version of the same for women. Now a days it's difficult to see such costumes, the changing times have resulted in people switching over to more easy to use stuff! Interesting Facts about Kerala. First state in the world which elected a communist government.

Medication is sponsored by the government.

Lush green paddy(rice) fields and ultra-populated road-sides!

The number of people wasting time on news papers. Reading news paper is a good habit, but unfortunately, news papers are quite awful.

Sea, sun and mountains so close to each other

Ready availability of tea, and tea plantations.

Extremely informal people.

Curries of a different class all together.

A former French protectorate called Mahi(Mayyazhi)

Hermann Gundert, from DeutscheLand gave Malayalam its first dictionary.

Napoleon is revered here.

And for all, abundant natural beauty of the tropics.

I think you misunderstood it.

River of Sorrow is Damodar and Sorrow of Bihar is Kosi.

I even crosschecked this in wikipedia.

This is an approximate direct (straight line) distance. During actual travel, this distance may change if a different flight route is chosen.

The distance between the two places in miles is:8349

sharavati river

Dubai is in UAE, which is to the North West of Australia.

The India Gate was built in 1930.

Bangladesh (east) & west Bengal was once a combined state (State of Bengal). After partition of Bengal, the part falling in India became West Bengal, (which still retains the name), while East Bengal (rather east Pakistan) came to be known as Bangladesh, after it gained freedom from Pakistan. The west Bengal lies on the east portion of India and must not be confused as a misnomer.

very profitable :)

yes it is, that is why it is called a subcontinent

The sun rises from east and sets in the west . Hence the eastern most part of India i.e. Arunachala Pradesh is where the sun rises first.

Located in West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast.

The results of your search for London (LON) to Mumbai (BOM)

Shortest Flight Duration 8 hours 40 mins

India is one of the prominentest countries (second biggest, also by population) of and part of Asia

noo the Greeks came much after the the Ancient Egyptians. Egypt was the one of the first ever civilisations, if not the first