Tourism

Almost all the countries in the developed world have specialised in promoting tourism as one of their important activities in economic development. About 80 to 90 per cent of the families in the developed world devote time and money to visit places of tourist importance once in a year religiously. People want to be mobile and keep enjoying other parts of the country or other parts of the world. Knowing the trend the developers of tourism have created such an  infrastructure that the tourists look for. 

Reliable and convenient Mode of transport, decent accommodation, clean and regular upkeep of places and buildings, monuments and sites are the requisite  facilities demanded or expected by the tourists. The developed nations have very much improved and maintained these standards in a planned and successful manner. A visit to these countries would reveal this fact beyond any doubt. 

A two-week tour of Scandinavian countries, namely, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Stockholm and Finland by the undersigned in August 2013 has brought to light the following features substantially:

1) All the modes of transport - flight, train, tram, bus, ferry - are comfortable in terms of space, toilets (public convenience), food and beverages etc. especially the toilets are well kept and maintained.

2) All the structures and buildings housing museums and the like are artistically created and maintained to world standards.

3) All types of literature about the tourist places are printed in glossy papers and kept for distribution to the visitors free of cost in any numbers at many counters.

4) Properly trained and employed guides are available wherever the tourists want them at the requisite locations.

The economies of these countries like USA and other countries in Europe, Singapore and  Malaysia in Asia have done very well to attract tourists and sell their USPs in a proper way.

There is hardly a tourist place where there is no toilet attached. 

On the contrary such facilities hardly exist in tourist spots of India. We have a long way to  go and establish world class infrastructure to compete with others and market our culture and heritage in a big way.

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