Union Minister KJ Alphons has said that the country’s tourism sector fetched 234 billion US Dollar revenue last year, registering a growth of over 19%.
Delivering the inaugural speech at the 2nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit in Guwahati yesterday, he said the country is ranked third in the tourism sector, according to the 2018 report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
The minister said, this revenue was contributed by 87 per cent domestic and 13 per cent foreign tourists.
