Tourism Industry — Flashcards

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Tourism involves travelling to relatively undisturbed or uncontaminated natural areas to study, admire, and enjoy scenery, wild plants and animals, and cultural aspects found there. It includes both n…

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Tourism is important because it promotes national integration, international understanding, infrastructure development, employment, and foreign exchange earnings. It also supports local handicrafts an…

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Pilgrimage is the historical root of tourism in India. Religious travel first encouraged movement within the country, and later tourism expanded into pleasure trips, business travel, and other forms.

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Tourism shifted from mainly pilgrimage-based travel to a wider mix of pleasure trips, business travel, and special-interest tourism. This change made tourism more varied and more attractive to differe…

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Organised tourism in India began in the 1950s with planned development.

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Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur form the world famous Golden Triangle. It is one of the best-known tourist circuits in India and attracts many visitors because of its historical and cultural importance.

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Agra is famous for the Taj Mahal, one of India’s best-known monuments. Many tourists visiting Delhi also visit Agra because it is part of the Golden Triangle.

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Delhi is the capital of India and represents India in miniature. It has historical buildings, administrative buildings, religious places, museums, parks, gardens, and art galleries.