Indian Travel Tourism
Indian Travel Tourism by juliemeena
The world’s leading travel and Tourism Journal, “Conde
Nast Traveler”, ranked India amongst top 4 preferred
holiday destinations in the world! There are number of
factors responsible for the growth of Indian tourism at
global level. India is a peaceful country without any
political disturbance except for few destinations where a
tourist is required to get special permission from local
authority to enter into that area. The country has a federal
structure with elected Governments in States. There are 28
states and 7 Union Territories administered directly by the
Central Government. There is healthy competition of Tour
Packages among all the states to attract the tourists from
all over the world for speedy economic growth and employment
generation. Not only this Ministry of Tourism and Culture
has recently launched a campaign called ‘Incredible
India!’ in order to encourage different types of tourism
in India.
Types of Indian Tourism All types of tourism in India
projecting India as the ultimate tourist spot. The reason
why India has been doing well in all types of tourism is
that India is a multilingual, multicultural and
multireligious with tremendous geographical diversity,
hospitality, uniqueness and charm. The different types of
Tourism in India are as follows:
Religious or Pilgrimage Tourism India is famous for its
temples and that is the reason that among the different
kinds of tourism in India, pilgrimage tourism is increasing
most rapidly. Narayan Sarovar, Sudamas Porbandar, Kabirvad
Shuklatirth, Kayavarohan, Bhadrakali, Haridwar, Badrinath,
Kedarnath, Varanasi, Gangotri and Yamunotri, Rishikesh,
Shamlaji, Bodh Gaya, Ajmer, are important pilgrimage
destinations which have kept alive the religious sentiments
of the people where lakhs of pilgrims from all over the
world make their religious tourism every year.
Archaeological Tourism There are a number of places of
archaeological importance which can be broadly classified as
Stone Age, Indus Valley, Neolithic-Chalcolithic,
Megalithic-Early Historic and Late Historic periods. Famous
archaeological sites of the Stone Age are abound in
Peninsular India, more prominently at Pallavaram in Tamil
Nadu, Hunsgi in Karnataka, Kuliana in Orissa, Didwana in
Rajasthan, and Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh. The sites of
Neolithic-Chalcolithic Age are Inamgaon, Walki, Navdatoli,
Ahar, Balathal, Gilund, Budhihal, Sangankalur, Maski,
Brahmagiri, Utnur, Golbai, Pandu-Rajar-Dhibi, Chirand and
Burzoham etc. Famous sites of Indus Valley Civilisation are
Indus and Ghaggar river valleys, Kutch and Saurashtra,
Dholavira, Kalibangan, Lothal, Surkotda and Rakhigari.
Famous sites of Megalithic Phase are Brahmagiri, Maski and
Rajan Kalur, Bhagimari, Gadabas etc. Excavations at Kosambi,
Saranath, Hastinapura, Vaishali, Rajgir and Bodh Gaya,
Chandraketugarh, Sisupalgarh etc. have revealed fortified
cities dating back to this period. Famous sites of Buddhist
Phase are Sanchi, Saranath, Ajanta, Kaneheri, Amravati,
Sanati and Lalitgiri. Sites of Jainism Phase are
Khandagiri-Udayagiri, Mathura. Some Islamic Archaeological
sites are Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Hyderabad, northern
Karnataka, Aurangabad, and Bhopal.
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