Hospitality and tourism

Stratum 6 · Integrated services

Hospitality and tourism

Hospitality and tourism move, house, feed and entertain travellers, combining airlines, hotels, restaurants, attractions and the booking platforms that sell them. WTTC puts the sector's total contribution at a record US$ 11.6 trillion in 2025, 9.8% of world GDP, supporting 366 million jobs. Spending is dominated by domestic travel in large economies such as the US, China and India.¹

India. India's travel and tourism sector contributed US$ 263.6 billion, 6.6% of GDP, in 2025 and supported 46.2 million jobs; domestic visitors made up 86% of spending, so international arrivals are the clear upside. WTTC ranks India the 10th-largest travel economy and forecasts fourth place by 2036 (forecast)².

Where ₹100 of hospitality and tourism output goes

Where ₹100 of hospitality and tourism output goes Every rupee of sales is paid out to someone along the chain. This splits ₹100 of output by who finally receives it, so you can see how exposed the industry is to commodity, chemical and energy prices. Commodities ₹22.0 Chemicals ₹0.5 Energy ₹9.5…

Price links with supplier industries

Price links with supplier industries How the industries this one buys from shape its prices: the share of its costs they make up, and how their prices have moved together. Tap a row for the charts. Hover or tap ? for what each measure means. Supplier industry Cost share Raw-material mix…

Follow one offering through the chain

Follow one offering through the chain 6 Example story · 6 steps · India A Goa holiday at a Taj hotel Follow one family's beach break from hotel capital and booking systems to the flight, the resort and the beach shack. 1 / 6 · Assets and capital Someone else may own the hotel 630 IHCL hotels in…

Buys directly from

Buys directly from Food and beverage processing Real estate Transport and logistics Finance: banking, insurance, markets Software and IT services Furniture Household and personal care Waste and recycling Depends on through its suppliers Building materials Computers and electronics Construction and…

Value chain, from upstream to the customer

Value chain, from upstream to the customer Criticality to the chain: 5 · Chokepoint 4 · Critical 3 · Important 2 · Supporting 1 · Commodity service Stage 1 Supplies Food, beverage and catering suppliers 2 · Supporting Supply fresh produce, meat, dairy, packaged food and drinks to hotels…

What the whole chain draws on

What the whole chain draws on Every commodity, chemical and energy tile named by the enterprises above; ×n shows how many of them depend on it. Open any tile for its full detail. Commodities (16) Oil Crude oil ×2 H₂O Water ×2 Cem Cement St Steel Cu Copper Al Aluminium Ri Rice Wh Wheat Py Poultry…

Chokepoints and risks

Chokepoints and risks Conflict and geopolitics: WTTC estimated in 2026 that the conflict in Iran was costing the sector about US$ 600 million a day in international visitor spending 4 . Jet fuel prices and aircraft delivery delays limit air capacity and fares on which most long-distance tourism…

Sources

Sources Travel & Tourism sees best year ever and emerges as the world's fastest growing sector, outpacing the global economy in 2025 World Travel & Tourism Council, 2026 India can unlock international demand to become a leading player in global tourism World Travel & Tourism Council, 2026 Report…

Relationship cards

• Food and beverage processing: Processed food and drink are a major purchased input of hotels and restaurants, about ₹22 of every ₹100 of their output, and food service is a growing sales channel for processors; GST changes in September 2025 cut taxes on both sides of the link. (researched)
• AI and digital platforms: Hospitality and tourism buys from AI and digital platforms; hospitality and tourism depends on AI and digital platforms.
• Construction and infrastructure: Hospitality and tourism buys from Construction and infrastructure; hospitality and tourism depends on construction and infrastructure.
• Data centres and cloud: Hospitality and tourism buys from Data centres and cloud; hospitality and tourism depends on data centres and cloud.
• Finance: banking, insurance, markets: Hospitality and tourism buys from Finance: banking, insurance, markets; hospitality and tourism depends on finance: banking, insurance, markets.
• Furniture: Hospitality and tourism buys from Furniture; hospitality and tourism depends on furniture.
• Household and personal care: Hospitality and tourism buys from Household and personal care; hospitality and tourism depends on household and personal care.
• Media and entertainment: Hospitality and tourism buys from Media and entertainment; hospitality and tourism depends on media and entertainment.
• Real estate: Hospitality and tourism buys from Real estate; hospitality and tourism depends on real estate.
• Software and IT services: Hospitality and tourism buys from Software and IT services; hospitality and tourism depends on software and IT services.
• Textiles and leather: Hospitality and tourism buys from Textiles and leather; hospitality and tourism depends on textiles and leather.
• Transport and logistics: Hospitality and tourism buys from Transport and logistics; hospitality and tourism depends on transport and logistics.
• Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Hospitality and tourism buys from Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft; hospitality and tourism depends on vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft.
• Waste and recycling: Hospitality and tourism buys from Waste and recycling; hospitality and tourism depends on waste and recycling.
• Water and sanitation: Hospitality and tourism buys from Water and sanitation; hospitality and tourism depends on water and sanitation.
• Aluminium: Hospitality and tourism depends on aluminium.
• Aviation propulsion: Hospitality and tourism depends on aviation propulsion.
• Biogas and biomethane: Hospitality and tourism depends on biogas and biomethane.
• Boilers, furnaces and stoves: Hospitality and tourism depends on boilers, furnaces and stoves.
• CNG, LPG and biogas distribution: Hospitality and tourism depends on CNG, LPG and biogas distribution.
• Cement: Hospitality and tourism depends on cement.
• Chlorine: Hospitality and tourism depends on chlorine.
• Coffee: Hospitality and tourism depends on coffee.
• Combustion road vehicles: Hospitality and tourism depends on combustion road vehicles.
• Construction chemicals: Hospitality and tourism depends on construction chemicals.
• Copper: Hospitality and tourism depends on copper.
• Cotton: Hospitality and tourism depends on cotton.
• Crude oil: Hospitality and tourism depends on crude oil.
• Data centres: Hospitality and tourism depends on data centres.
• Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors: Hospitality and tourism depends on distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors.
• Embodied energy trade: Hospitality and tourism depends on embodied energy trade.
• Energy in buildings: Hospitality and tourism depends on energy in buildings.
• Flame retardants: Hospitality and tourism depends on flame retardants.
• Fluorochemicals and refrigerants: Hospitality and tourism depends on fluorochemicals and refrigerants.
• Food and feed additives: Hospitality and tourism depends on food and feed additives.
• Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration: Hospitality and tourism depends on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration.
• Hydrogen peroxide: Hospitality and tourism depends on hydrogen peroxide.
• Internal combustion engines and gensets: Hospitality and tourism depends on internal combustion engines and gensets.
• Latent heat and cold storage: Hospitality and tourism depends on latent heat and cold storage.
• Milk & dairy: Hospitality and tourism depends on milk & dairy.
• Oil and product pipelines: Hospitality and tourism depends on oil and product pipelines.
• Paints and coatings: Hospitality and tourism depends on paints and coatings.
• Pepper & spices: Hospitality and tourism depends on pepper & spices.
• Polyester fibre: Hospitality and tourism depends on polyester fibre.
• Polyurethanes (MDI, TDI, polyols): Hospitality and tourism depends on polyurethanes (MDI, TDI, polyols).
• Poultry: Hospitality and tourism depends on poultry.
• Rail traction: Hospitality and tourism depends on rail traction.
• Refining and reforming: Hospitality and tourism depends on refining and reforming.
• Renewable diesel and SAF: Hospitality and tourism depends on renewable diesel and SAF.
• Rice: Hospitality and tourism depends on rice.
• Ship propulsion: Hospitality and tourism depends on ship propulsion.
• Steel: Hospitality and tourism depends on steel.
• Sugar: Hospitality and tourism depends on sugar.
• Surfactants: Hospitality and tourism depends on surfactants.
• Tea: Hospitality and tourism depends on tea.
• Timber: Hospitality and tourism depends on timber.
• Water: Hospitality and tourism depends on water.
• Wheat: Hospitality and tourism depends on wheat.