Of course we will still have a 600 million strong consumer class by 2020, but according to a report highlighted by the old lady TOI, 650 million Indians counted themselves as tourists in 2009 which is at least 10% more than 2008. And meanwhile Indian diaspora living abroad ( US) have stopped coming home or at least their hometown according to the statistics. Gross tourist arriivals are 13.7 million and from that no more than 5 million would still count as net Foreigners visiting India. 

The places to visit are the limited attractions on offer in campaigns and Travel agency offices abroad and does not include Bangalore or Rajasthan. 

AP and Tirupathi get 157 million tourists from the domestic census while UP and Tamil Nadu also get more than a 100 million each. FTVs (Foreign Tourist visitors)  are more interested in Tamil Nadu (17.6% of 13.7 milllion) Maharashtra and Delhi (14% each) Even Noida and UP get 11% of these visitors, not much left to visit after that! 

Meanwhile the NBA raft is starting to get an Indian audience even before we could here anything about our team selections for the Commonwealth games. That and all the usual drivel apart, we need a lot of investment in Tourism to even catch up with a ll the happening destinations in Asia. The promised explosion in Medical tourism (50000 visitors) 

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