It is a welcome development that the government is drawing up a plan to develop 100 tourism centres in the country and promote India as a tourist destination across the world.
The reality is that India probably has more to offer a tourist from abroad than almost any other country, thanks to its size, antiquity and sheer diversity of culture, including cuisine, and rich collection of monuments built in different centuries.
The big challenge is not the marketing of India’s tourist delights, but preparing people and the local infrastructure to make the visitor’s experience a matter of delight rather than regret.
This calls for…
