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Cape Town - A country cannot be marketed in isolation, it must be done in partnerships, according to Manas Ranjan Pattanaik of India Tourism’s office in Johannesburg.
“Modern India is emerging and we are trying to encourage culinary, conferencing, event, golf, health and even ski tourism,” he said at a workshop on tourism in India, which was held at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town.
In 2012 there were 1.0436 billion domestic tourists in India. The country also has the second largest railway network in the world, and it transports 20 million passengers per day.
Dr Swati Kulkarni, Consul General of India in Cape Town said India has a huge emerging middle class.
The tourism industry in India is expected to grow by 8% per year and it currently forms 6% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“India has gone from an economy mainly based on agriculture to one based mainly on the services industry. It bypassed the phase of being based mainly on manufacturing,” said Kulkarni.
“South Africa is a strategic partner for India. Bilateral trade between the two countries is already more than $14bn (R137bn) per year and it is expected to reach $15bn for 2013.”
India has 1.2 billion people and the GDP per capita is $3 900. Services take up 57% of India’s GDP, agriculture 17% and industry 26%.
The country has a large skills pool and by 2025 if is expected that India will have 25% of the world’s skilled workforce. About 300 000 engineers graduate in India every year.
There are more than 900 million mobile users in India and 10% of the world’s online population is in India.
“India’s economy showed remarkable resilience in relation to the global financial crisis,” said Kulkarni.
“Before the financial crisis India’s GDP growth was about 8% and the forecast is that it will grow by 6% in 2013. India’s exports amount to about $300bn per year and it mostly exports value added products.”
Trade and tourism between South Africa and India have grown significantly the last few years and was boosted by SA’s joining of Brics, said Faith Sikakane, direct sales manager of South African Airways.
- Fin24
“Modern India is emerging and we are trying to encourage culinary, conferencing, event, golf, health and even ski tourism,” he said at a workshop on tourism in India, which was held at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town.
In 2012 there were 1.0436 billion domestic tourists in India. The country also has the second largest railway network in the world, and it transports 20 million passengers per day.
Dr Swati Kulkarni, Consul General of India in Cape Town said India has a huge emerging middle class.
The tourism industry in India is expected to grow by 8% per year and it currently forms 6% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
“India has gone from an economy mainly based on agriculture to one based mainly on the services industry. It bypassed the phase of being based mainly on manufacturing,” said Kulkarni.
“South Africa is a strategic partner for India. Bilateral trade between the two countries is already more than $14bn (R137bn) per year and it is expected to reach $15bn for 2013.”
India has 1.2 billion people and the GDP per capita is $3 900. Services take up 57% of India’s GDP, agriculture 17% and industry 26%.
The country has a large skills pool and by 2025 if is expected that India will have 25% of the world’s skilled workforce. About 300 000 engineers graduate in India every year.
There are more than 900 million mobile users in India and 10% of the world’s online population is in India.
“India’s economy showed remarkable resilience in relation to the global financial crisis,” said Kulkarni.
“Before the financial crisis India’s GDP growth was about 8% and the forecast is that it will grow by 6% in 2013. India’s exports amount to about $300bn per year and it mostly exports value added products.”
Trade and tourism between South Africa and India have grown significantly the last few years and was boosted by SA’s joining of Brics, said Faith Sikakane, direct sales manager of South African Airways.
- Fin24
