A case of airlines contribution and tourism

sagar singh yadav

THE CONNECTIVITY PROVIDE BY INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT FACILITIES THE FAST –GROWING GLOBAL INDUSTRY .IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER HALF OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST TRAVEL TO THEIR BY AIR.

THE TOURISM SECTOR Tourism makes a major contribution to the global economy .it directly contributed $2 trillion to world GDP in 2012 and provided over 101 million jobs global -3.4% of total employment.

BY 2024 the travel & tourism council expect direct employment in the tourism industry to be more than 126 million people globally.

The jobs GDP supported through the indirect impacts and include impacts of tourism the figure and significantly higher at 126 million (8.7% of employment ) and $6.6 trillion ,or 9.3% of the global economy .by 2024 ,tourism could support some 347 million jobs and $11 trillion in GDP.

AVIATION’S CRUCIAL TOURISM

ROLE .

. Aviation plays a central role in supporting tourism. Over 52% of international tourists now travel by air. Tourism is particularly important in many developing countries, where it is a key part of economic development strategies. In Africa, for example, the jobs of an estimated 2.5 million people directly employed in tourism are supported by overseas visitors arriving by air, representing 30% of all tourism jobs in Africa. In some island states, tourism can have an overwhelming influence on the national economy. St Kitts and Nevis, for example, relies on the industry for 25.9% of the economy and a quarter of its jobs. In some Caribbean countries, tourism provides one of the few means of economic growth

THE CONTRIBUTION OF AIR

TRANSPORT TO TOURISM

EMPLOYMENT AND GDP:

Direct: 14.6 million direct jobs in tourism globally are estimated to be supported by the spending of foreign visitors arriving by air. This includes jobs in industries such as hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, local transport and car rental, but it excludes air transport industry jobs.

Indirect: A further 13.4 million indirect jobs in industries supplying the tourism industry are supported by visitors arriving by air.

Induced: These direct and indirect tourism jobs supported by air transport generate a further 6.9 million jobs in other parts of the economy, through employees spending their earnings on other goods and services.

INDIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY :

Size of the Industry There are about 450 airports and 1091

registered aircrafts in India Today.

Geographical distribution Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Delhi,

Pune, Bangalore, Chennai.

Output per annum Growth rate of 18% per annum

HISTORY : CONT..

. Indian Aviation Industry is one of the fastest growing

airline industries in the world. The history of Indian

Aviation Industry started in December 1912 with its first

domestic air route between Karachi and Delhi. It was

opened by the Indian Air Services in collaboration with the

UK based Imperial Airways as an extension of London-

Karachi flight of the Imperial Airways. Tata Sons Ltd., the

first Indian airline, started a regular airmail service

between Karachi and Madras three years later without

any backing from the Indian government.

By the year 2000 several private airlines have entered into

the aviation business in succession and many more were

about to enter into the arena. Indian aviation industry

today is dominated by private airlines and low-cost

carriers like Deccan Airlines, Go Air, and Spice Jet, etc.

And Indian Airlines, the giant of Indian air travel industry,

gradually lost its market share to these private airlines.

According to the report of CAPA, these budget carriers

are likely to double their market share by 2010 -- one of

the highest in the world.

THE INDIAN AVIATION SECTOR

CAN BE BROADLY DIVIDED INTO

THE FOLLOWING MAIN

CATEGORIES:

Scheduled air transport service includes domestic and

international airlines.

Non-scheduled air transport service consists of charter

operators and air taxi operators.

Air cargo service, which includes air transportation of

cargo and mail.

.AIR SERVICES AND

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN

AFRICA – CASE STUDY

The major potential contribution of the expansion in air

transport to economic development in Africa is through

developing and promoting international tourism. Tourism

contributes to poverty reduction by generating economic

growth, providing employment opportunities and

increasing tax collection, and by fostering the

development and conservation of protected areas and the

environment in general. Tourism is also a major

contributor to the trade balance in a number of African

countries and a significant source of foreign exchange.

cont..

However, the tourist sector in Africa is small compared to

other world regions, both in relative and absolute terms. In

2001, tourism represented on average 3.4% of GDP in

Africa. Africa is the continent with the fastest growth of

tourist arrivals worldwide in recent years, although part of

this is due to its low starting point. The recent expansion has

been particularly strong in Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal -

driven by an active promotion of nature-based tourism.

Two salient features of international tourism in Africa are its

concentration in a small number of destinations and the

importance of intra-regional tourism.

Economies with high growth during the last decade have

tended to be those where the tourist sector is key to

economic activity. And growth prospects in the longer term

tend to be better in those economies that are more active in

developing their international tourism potential. There is also

an association between tourism, investment and standards

of living. To take full advantage of their potential as attractors

of tourism, African countries need to embark on the

modernisation and expansion of their air transport

infrastructure and regulation. Also, they need to continue

progress in promoting the creation of regional hubs.

Source-

http://www.icao.int/Meetings/wrdss2011/Documents/JointWorkshop2005/ATAG_AfricaStudy1.p

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INITIATIVE OF AIRLINES

TOWARDS INDIAN TOURISM.

FOR EXAMPLE –

•Heritage aviation of uttrakhand providing facilities to char

dham by air taxi .

•Solar impulse air craft is covering 63.6% of domestic

tourism market providing services for Varanasi

,Ahmadabad and rishikesh (Hardwar).

•Pawan Hans helicopter co. provide services to Amaranth

and vaishno Devi .

CONCLUSIONAviation is a team effort. Common purpose brings a value

chain together with governments and regulators. Roughly

80,000 times a day a remarkable choreography of

cooperation gets an airplane and its passengers and

cargo safely into the air – and back on the ground. That

happens in India and around our planet.

Knowing we are capable of that, we should have every

confidence in building a successful future for Indian

aviation.

The world is focused on Indian aviation—from

manufacturers, tourism boards, airlines, global businesses

to individual travelers, shippers and businessmen

Thank youSagaryadav.singh@gmail.com