Given the centrality of new Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore can act as hub for entire south zone for dissemination tourists in the nearby states. Tourists can travel to Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Bangalore, says a Ficci-Yes Bank Study on developing India as A Year-round Travel Destination as per a a report in Deccan Herald.

Pointing out that foreign exchange earnings of the tourism industry in India is expected to increase to US$272.5 billion by 2018 at a 9.4 per cent annual growth rate, it notes that, though inbound domestic tourism is stable throughout the year, influx of foreign tourism is very periodic /erratic in the State. While winter months get best tourist crowds, months of April to July are pretty poor despite the variety of offerings and attractions the State offers through its tourism policy.

Another factor that dampens foreign tourism is the commonly held belief that India can only be visited in select winter months. 

Images of heat and dust of summer months and torrential rains during monsoon renders a picture of a country inaccessible for large parts of the year. 

One way to improve influx of tourists ensuring uniform flow throughout  is to turn summer months into shopping bonanza and market it in terms of trade fairs on the lines of Dubai Shopping Festival, the study says, suggesting the concept of caravan tourism by building facilities on the outskirts of the City.

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