Contribution of Historical Tourism in Revenue Generation (With Special Reference to Agra City)

Abstract

Agra is a place which is world famous for its historical site i.e.Taj, a witness of a love story of a famous mughal emperor Shahjahan. Agra is not only making India brand abroad for historical tourism but also has created a place for precious Indian history in world libraries. It is serving as an instrument to attract million of dollars and million of national and international tourists towards India. It is not only contributing to the GDP but also playing a significant role in improving the socio-economic status of the society by generating thousands of employment opportunities for the people in both the organised and unorganised sector. In the present paper an effort has been made to find out the place of Agra city in international tourism market. For this purpose several objectives were made. To measure the objectives, data and information has been collected through secondary sources including Books, Magazines, Journals, E-Journals, Internet, Reports of WTO, Ministry of Tourism, and World Travel and Tourism Council etc. After analyzing all the facts it can be concluded that tourism industry in Agra city is expanding day by day and contributing a lot towards the economic development of society by providing employment opportunities and huge increase in foreign exchange earnings. Though it has some negative sides too but this problem can be eliminated by the joint efforts of government, tourism organizations, media, and of course local communities.