The present world is struggling to find a new order in social and economic structure. Dynamic forces are working with incredible speed today. Man is advancing so rapidly that knowledge and technology confront him before understanding the past. Miracle in transportation and communication has made this world a global village.

The rapid change in family structure, working pattern and public mobility have resulted into a worldwide boom in tourism, proving as one of the planet's major growth industries. Tourism sector also claims to be the largest source of employment in the world.

The number of tourist has tripled over the past 20 years and the business they create is now worth nearly US$ 5 billion a year. Every year nearly 650 million tourists check in at the hotels, villas, apartments and camps as per their preference.

WTO's long-term growth forecast Tourism: 2020 Vision predicts that the tourism sector will expand by an average of 4.1 percent a year over the next two decades surpassing a total of one billion international travelers by the year 2010 and reaching 1.6 billion by the year 2020. Similarly, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) shows that the travel and tourism industry generates US$ 4,944 billion in economic activity; approximately 11% to GDP worldwide; and employs 8.2% of total world employment (207 million jobs worldwide).