Lok Sabha elections 2014 have given tremendous boost to the hospitality industry in India, especially budgeted hotel, dhabhas, guest-houses and the transport sector, reveals Assocham's recent paper.
During the election, there has been an upsurge of 10-15% tourists from USA, UK, UAE, France, Singapore etc and a rise of over 62% in domestic tourists, who are travelling for electioneering, reveals the associated chamber of commerce and industry of India's (ASSOCHAM) recent findings.
"Foreign tourist inflow in India has witnessed steep rise of 10-15% during the LokSabha election 2014, a good sign for Indian economy, said Mr. D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM while releasing the paper.
ASSOCHAM surveyed nearly 500 tour operators from different cities and reveals that there is an overall increase in tourism business to the extent of 20%. The main reason is attributed to the Lok Sabha election 2014.
Nearly 54% of the tour operators said that there has number of booking taken place in the last two weeks from the countries mainly from UK, USA, Canada, Australia, China, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Singapore etc according to tour operators.
Many tour operators are offering the "election tourism package" which includes visit to public rallies, poll campaigns, meeting party leaders and Election Commission officers, adds the paper.
Source: The Times of India
