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TOURISM IN INDIA
 ' THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OF INDIA IS ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT AND IS GROWING RAPIDLY. THE WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COUNCIL CALCULATED THAT TOURISM GENERATED INR6.4 TRILLION OR 6.6% OF THE NATION'S GDP IN 2012. IT SUPPORTED 39.5 MILLION JOBS, 7.7%OF ITS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT. THE SECTOR IS PREDICTED TO GROW AT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF 7.9%FROM 2013 TO 2023. THIS GIVES THE INDIA THIRD RANK AMONG COUNTRIES WITH THE FASTEST GROWING TOURISM INDUSTRIES OVER THE NEXT DECADE.INDIA HAS A LARGE MEDICAL TOURISM SECTOR WHICH IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT AN ESTIMATED RATE OF 30%ANNUALLY TO REACH ABOUT RS95 BILLION BY 2015. '

THE MAIN TOURIST PLACES ARE LIKE "TAJ MAHAL" IN AGRA,"HOWRAH BRIDGE" IN KOLKATTA, "CITY PALACE" IN UDAIPUR, AND STATES LIKE KARNATAKA, ANDRA PRADESH, KERALA AND ALMOST ALL THE STATES ARE CONSIDERED AS TOURIST PLACES.

KARNATAKA
''KARNATAKA HAS BEEN RANKED AS FOURTH MOST POPULAR DESTINATION FOR TOURISM IN INDIA. IT HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NATIONAL PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN INDIA.. KARNATAKA STATE HAS SEVERAL PLACES LIKE MYSORE PALACE, BANGALORE PALACE, TIPPU SULTANS SUMMER PALACE, LALITA MAHAL PALACE.. THE MONUMENTS ARE PROTECTED IN BADAMI, AIHOLE, PATTADKALL, HAMPI, BANAVASI, BELUR AND HALEBEEDU, SRINGERI, NANDI HILLS, AND MYSORE...''

UTTAR PRADESH
''UTTAR PRADESH IS THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION IN INDIA. IT IS ALSO HOME OF INDIAS MOST VISITED TAJ MAHAL AND HINDUISM'S HOLIEST CITY VARANASI. ALLAHABAD, THE PLACE WHERE INDIAN NATIONAL RIVERS GANGES, YAMUNA AND SARASWATHI MEET. EVEN BITHOOR AND KANPUR ARE ALSO THE INTERESTING SPOTS.''

KERALA
'' KERALA IS NICKNAMED AS ONE OF THE "10 PARADISES OF THE WORLD" BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. IT IS FAMOUS ESPECIALLY FOR ITS ECO TOURISM INITIATIVES. POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IN THE STATE INCLUDE KOVALAM, KAPPAD, CHERAI, VARKALA, THE HILL STATIONS OF MUNNAR, THEKKADY, PONMUDI, WAYANAD, AND THE FORTS LIKE BEKAL FORT. ALLEPPY HAS ALSO HEAVY YOURIST TRAFFIC.''

ANDHRA PRADESH
IT IS A HOME OF MANY RELIGIOUS PILIGRIMS LIKE TIRUPATI-THE ABODE OF LORD VENKATESHWARA, KANAKA DURGA TEMPLE OF GODESS DURGA, MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY TEMPLE SITUATED AT SRISAILAM, AMARAVATI AND NAGARJUNA KONDA IN GUNTUR, GHANTASALA IN KRISHNA, SANKARAM AND BHAVIKONDA IN VISHAKAPATTANAM, LINGAPALEM IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT ARE THE MAIN SOTS..

HIMACHAL PRADESH
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