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The Tourism and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja said that the contribution of tourism to the country’s GDP was 5.92% and contribution to employment (both direct and indirect) was 9.24% for the year 2007–08.
She was speaking at a function organized for signing of MoU between National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in New Delhi today.
She said that as per a survey conducted in the year 2004, the Industry requires about two lakh-trained persons annually. As against this, the supply is only 18000 persons, which effectively came to only 12000 persons after reckoning the attrition. She said, this huge skill gap in the Industry is cause of serious concern and the Government has to find means to negotiate huge skill gap which is affecting the hospitality sector.
She said that it is expected that by the year 2022, we will have about five million educated persons with tourism specific skills. This number will constitute direct employment in the Industry. The MoU, therefore, is an instrument that will significantly contribute to the realization of inclusive growth.