Incredible India

It is boom time for India’s Tourism and hospitality sector which offers almost all types of tourism at one destination. The Indian subcontinent is bounded by the majestic Himalayan ranges in the north and edged by a spectacular coastline surrounded by three seas – Arabian Sea in the West, Bay of Bengal in the East and Indian Ocean in the South, India is a vivid kaleidoscope of landscapes, magnificent historical sites and royal cities, golden beaches, misty mountain retreats, colorful people, rich cultures and festivities. 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 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.

Heritage Tourism
Heritage tourism of India has always been famous for its rich heritage and ancient cultural diversity with glorious past which attracts millions of tourists each year. India’s rich heritage is amply reflected in the various temples, palaces, monuments, and forts that can be found everywhere in the country. The most popular heritage tourist destinations in India are: Taj Mahal in Agra, Mandawa castle in Rajasthan, Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, Madurai in Tamil Nadu and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The most famous heritage sites in Delhi are the Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Humayun’s Tomb and Tughlaqabad Fort.

INDIA – AN INTRODUCTION

Indian subcontinent is a land of scenic beauty with its snow-capped mountains and hill stations in the Northern Himalayan Regions; a strong bastion of indigenous culture, famous and historical temples, tropical forests, Paradise of kashmir, backwaters in Kerala, beautiful hill stations in Tamil Nadu, beaches and cosmopolitan cities of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and wonderful lush islands in the Southern Regions of India; miles and miles of the Thar Desert, colorful cities of Rajasthan like Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Bikaner, Goa the most sought after tourist destinations and Mumbai with wonderful beaches and Bollywood all enhances the beauty of Western India; India’s mostly rural regions of Bihar, its largest city Kolkata, the temple cities of Puri and Bhubaneswar glorified the Eastern India. It is an extremely diverse country, with vast differences in geography, climate, culture, language and ethnicity across its expanse, and prides itself on being the largest democracy on Earth interlocked with Pakistan to the West, China and Nepal to the North, Bhutan to the North-East, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the East. Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia lie to the South-East in the Indian Ocean. In addition, this subcontinent also fed the perennial rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra and Sindhu (Indus) on whose plains India’s civilization flourished.

RELEVANCE OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

The country which was ridden by casteism, superstitions and religious dogmas has celebrated its 60 years of independence as the world’s largest democracy remains an object of spectator in the eye of world community. The country which was industrially backward has remarkably achieved the status of industrially advanced country and has crossed the scale to become one of the world’s advanced countries. It was due to Jawaharlal Nehru, a socialist statesman dreamt of a socialistic pattern of Indian society who had created a vast public infrastructure when he became the first Prime Minister of India. His visions in today’s India are as relevant as it was during his own tenure of political establishment. He said, it is “To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.” He was a pioneering articulator of Asian resurgence and was an unusually idealistic advocate of conscience in international politics. India’s parliamentary democracy, free judiciary and media, the apolitical civil servants and armed forces, the commitment to secularism, social justice and equality before law, all originated in the blue print for free India which he worked out. According to him the political democracy serves only as a means to economic democracy. Without economic democracy a political system is bound to crack down.

 

 

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Minhaj Alam

Minhaj Alam, Editor, Culture Holidays India Pvt. Ltd. is one of the first academicians to occupy this position, as previously other people were holding this post. Dr. Alam is an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and brings with him academic and administrative experience of about five years. He has done extensive research on Jawaharlal Nehru with specialization of “Nehru’s Contribution to the Growth of Democracy – Special Reference to Parliamentary Democracy in India”. Not only this, he has contributed significantly to the tourism industry by his thought provoking articles written for Culture Holidays and some are published online for different travel websites. The reputed websites like Ezinearticles, Webraydian, Articlesuniverse, Amazines, Selfgrowth etc. bestow Dr. Minhaj Alam an honor of Expert Author in the field of tourism and travel.