That is a comparison - between India and NY tourism figures for year 2007.

India Shining .?
Incredible India.?

It is all hype and bluff touted by India's infamous bureaucratic monkeys
and incompetent politicians.

What is the purpose of such comparison of India between 1991 and 2001.

If an Indian snail moves 10 meters in 1991 and 12 meters in 2001
does it call for any celebration.?

What you should compare is with other nations and see what they
achieved and what India has achieved during the same period.
why does India take so many years to even make a decision and then
blame it all on its democracy, when the real reason is incompetence and
inefficiency.?

Your points are valid why NY attracts so many and India so little.
However my comments are not about these reasons..I am asking a simple
question..what the heck were all these brown babus called IAS officers,
the brown netas, leaders and the hundred over Indian consulates and 1000s
of atatches, been doing for the past 30 years and spending 1000's of croes of public
money and showing nothing for it.

The answer is simple. India is a cursed with a wasting disease called
wrongly as "democracy" but which in fact rewards the corrupt, the incompetent and
the inefficient while penalising the talented and hard working.

This is what I am complaining about all these times.
It is time to get real and ask ourselves - are we really having a democracy or
some sham version of it that suits so many chota politicains to become
power peddlers and empire builders.

That is why in some of my posts I urge readers to circulate
these articles far and wide.
There is a need for awareness. Things have become so bad
in India, because of corruption and inefficiency of
the system.

As an individual, the only idea that comes to mind is
expose and tell people the facts and explain how deeply
the country suffers because of waste, inefficiency due to
incompetent bureaucrats and politicians.
Do you have a email.?
Pluto

The difference is astounding. The government should encourage foreigners to visit India (airing commercials, distributing information brochures, etc.). Hopefully the gap will reduce in the coming years.

India doesn't have unique attractions that tourists want to see in counries like UK, USA or Australia.