Tourism In India

Recent forms of tourism

In India, since the Eighth Five Year Plan, some of the new forms of tourism were introduced which were over and above the usual cultural tourism, religious tourism or leisure Tourism. These were briefly asunder and during the Ninth Five Year Plan lot of work initiated to have focused promotions on all these special interest holidays. Business Tourism

Business executives and technicians have to offer travel to different places on account of their business. Such visits can be for installation of equipment, inspection of goods, attending business meetings conferences, participation in travel fairs and exhibitions, marketing of products. Since the opening of the Indian Economy for overseas Investments, this became a growing

The material well-being achieved by the modern day people with various technical developments in the 21st Century. Such developments have also helped to extend holiday satisfaction. But many people are looking for clear water, clean air, and clean beaches. Quite distinct from the resort tourists are the wanderlust tourists who like to move around lesser known places, unknown places. Meet new people, experience environment, see and appreciate unusual customs traditions, festivals and local food. They also prefer mountaineering, river rafting, surfing, skiing, scuba diving etc. They like to travel to destinations where pollution is nil, activity oriented offering maximum excitement, natural environment and adequate facilities. This also covered Adventure tourism with varied adventure tourism activities.

b) Wildlife Tourism

Viewing wildlife in its natural environment is very popular and special interest tourism. These tourists are driven to forests and Wildlife Park by their desire to be with nature and to have glimpse of their favorite animals in their natural habitat. Groups of such tourists also include Bird Watchers. There is special emphasize to promote wildlife tour packages as India has unique wildlife heritage in Tigers, Single horned Rhinos, Asiatic Lions, varied reptiles etc., and good number of wildlife resorts have been developed.

c) Spiritual

The rural tourism experience should be attractive and sustainable for the host community. The rural experience must capture the uniqueness of the Indian village with its traditional way of life and livelihood against the backdrop of rural India. It must also provide tourism facilities in terms of accessibility, accommodation, sanitation and security etc. Sustainable tourism activity in the rural area must harmonies well with host community. While benefiting the community economically it must stand with the social fabric and improve the quality of life in the