sandeep Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 smart. I think domestic tourism is a sector in India that can really explode. There's a lot of potential, and millions of dollars to be made. velu 1
velu Posted November 5, 2019 Author Posted November 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, sandeep said: smart. I think domestic tourism is a sector in India that can really explode. There's a lot of potential, and millions of dollars to be made. rajasthan , kerala and himachal are comparatively doing well when comes to domestic tourism .. forget goa also popular youtuber karl said gujju kutch has great potential along with chattisgarh and NE
sandeep Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, velu said: rajasthan , kerala and himachal are comparatively doing well when comes to domestic tourism .. forget goa also popular youtuber karl said gujju kutch has great potential along with chattisgarh and NE Literally all of India has a lot of potential if it gets its act together. There is so much to see, so much beauty, history, everywhere you go in India. In 2015 I was in India and attended a family wedding in a small town called "Dakor" in Gujarat. This place I think used to be quasi-famous as a pilgrimage destination with an important temple. I'm not religious so I don't know details. Just an ordinary vanilla small town in the middle of bum* Gujarat. Nice little temple, next to a water body. Could be decently picturesque if it was cleaned up a bit and wasn't overrun with cows dogs and thousands of people. BUT, I took a walk down the main street, and the street was lined with these absolutely beautiful buildings with intricate and ornate woodwork, balconies and windows. I mean, it was just so beautiful from an architectural perspective. I have been to Greece, Italy, Croatia - and streets and buildings with half the aesthetic value are presented, celebrated and appreciated by many. The only problem was this was your average bustling main street in a small town in India - ton of traffic, zero sidewalks - dusty crumbling road edges instead of paved sidewalks. Improper sewage and plumbing, and most of the gorgeous old buildings were ill-maintained and dirty. India has a real problem with public spaces. They are not valued, they are not maintained, because the society has been so poor for so long, that people, all of us included, are brainwashed and conditioned, into only caring for the space up to our doorstep - maybe a couple of steps beyond, if that. Here in the US, even Z-grade points of interest are so properly managed, maintained. There's signage, there are museums, there are guided walkways, souvenir shops - even for shitty little things. In India, even UNESCO world heritage sites are sorely lacking in all this. Edited November 5, 2019 by sandeep Vilander, Norman and velu 1 2
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