Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on Friday said India needs to learn from countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to increase its share in world tourism market which currently stands at less than one per cent.
"India has lot to learn and lot to give to the tourism industry. Using all our strengths and initiatives, almost 6.8 per cent of GDP share comes from tourism. But we have to learn from countries like Maldives, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand specially. We are still lagging behind," he said after inaugurating the South Asian travel show SATTE 2016. He said the government is "exploring the possibility" of making India a hub of medical tourism and called for the support of various stakeholders to showcase the strength of the country to the outside world.