Essay on Tourism in India Complete Essay for Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation and other classes.
The very fast means of travel and communication have brought distant countries closer than ever before. It has resulted in a keen desire in people to travel different parts of the world, to have first-hand knowledge. With the rapid improvement in the living standard of the people, air, train and bus travel have come within the reach of a larger percentage of people. Consequently, there has been a considerable increase in the volume of traffic of tourists. Today, tourism has become the world’s largest and fastest-growing industry. It is an implied export and a rich source of earning foreign exchange. It also generates many employment opportunities. There are many countries in the world where the main source of income is tourism. It is a boon to India as well because foreign visitors bring urgently needed foreign exchange which to a great extent helps the country to offset the deficits in its balance of payments. Tourism promotes business and commercial activities in the country such as transportation, hotel and restaurant services, shopping, banking, etc, and these in turn help in removing unemployment by generating ample employment opportunities. Travel and tourism have great educational, cultural, entertainment, national and international value. Travel has always been a new, refreshing, exciting, and rewarding experience both for domestic and foreign travelers. It promotes national integration, international understanding, harmony, friendship, and goodwill. The importance of travel can hardly be over-emphasized.
India is a vast and great country with a huge potential for the development of tourism. India is full of a number of historical places and monuments, great shrines, and temples, places of pilgrimages, wildlife sanctuaries, hill stations, sea resorts, places of winter sports, etc. Besides, it offers a great variety of cultures, religions, festivals, languages, fairs, music, etc. Really, India’s potential for tourism is as vast as it is varied. Hundred Thousands of foreign visitors come to India every year. Thus, the foreign exchange earnings from tourism run into crores of rupees. While the infrastructure at home is being strengthened, promotional activities are undertaken in a big way abroad to attract more tourists.
With a view to diversify tourist attractions, the development of beach and hill resorts has been taken up. With a view to attracting more tourists, publicity is undertaken in major tourist generating markets of the world through 25 tourist offices located in North America, Europe, Australia, West, and East Asia. The Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has both promotional and organizational functions. They work in close cooperation with the Indian Tourism Development Corporation. There is a network of regional offices abroad and at home for publicity and marketing in the tourist-generating markets. Overseas India has tourist offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, London, Geneva, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Stockholm, Milan, Vienna, Kuwait, Bangkok, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney. In addition, tourist promotion offices are based in Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, Washington, Osaka, Melbourne, Dubai, and Kathmandu.
To feed promotional material to these offices Indian Embassies, Air India, and the Department of Tourism produce tourist publicity literature in many main world languages. In order to cater to domestic tourism literature in Hindi is also produced. Tourist offices maintain film and photo libraries on subjects of tourist interest. Forest lodges have been constructed in the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur and a number of wildlife sanctuaries. Facilities for viewing wildlife are also provided at these places. To promote youth tourists, a number of youth hostels have been constructed in different parts of the country. For pilgrims, a number of Dharamshalas and Musafir Khanas have been constructed at many centers of pilgrimage. Snow skiing and water skiing are looked after by the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg.
Indian Tourism Development Corporation(ITDC) has a nationwide transport system. Its fleet-mix consists of air-conditioned and deluxe coaches, limousine and tourist cars, It has its own travel agency—Ashok Travels and Tours. It also runs sound and light shows at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad; Red Fort, Delhi, and Shalimar Gardens, Srinagar besides organizing entertainment programs for its hotels.
To encourage foreign tourists, regulations relating to currency, customs, etc., have been liberalized. Rail pass facilities are also available to them. Under the scheme over India, for travel on Indian Airlines domestic services unlisted stopovers facility enroute is available. Some special trains like Palace on Wheels and the Great Indian Rover have been introduced. The former is meant for places of tourist interest in Rajasthan, and the latter for places of Buddhist interest in India.
Thus, there has been a marked improvement in tourist facilities. More hotels are being established, tourist bungalows and beach resorts are being opened. Tourism in India provides a wonderful window to our so varied life, culture, historical places, wildlife sanctuaries, flora, and fauna. Diversity, unity, and assimilation have always been the hallmark of eternal India and these make India the ultimate tourist destination. India unfolds to the visitors new and breathtaking vistas of the grandest scenic beauty and cultural, spiritual, and ideological concepts.
