Ayakkad Anantharaman 2258 days ago

In spite of the unmatched diversity in Flora&Fauna , colorful History and associated monuments , extremely delicate Art&craft existing in obscure places , Sea coasts and natural resorts , variety of climate ranging from Desert to snow fall and glaciers , successive Indian Governments have done abysmally in tapping this lucrative Tourism business - from its earning potential and also from the visibility it will establish on the world map. Tourism development has only a few crucial stages. a) Preservation, b) Publicity, c) Access & approach, d)Reasonable infrastructure, e) Cleanliness, f) Operational information kiosk&guides, g)Safety. With a huge youth population , it can be one area that generates millions of self employment opportunities. Local clusters can be formed where the youth gets inputs from experienced faculties in History , behavior sciences , customer service , spoken foreign language etc. Thus trained , the youth can make their lives worthwhile through gainful employment. Government support in terms of financing training etc can be on partly grant and partly loan models. Coming to Varanasi , if mechanised road cleaning, portable Toilets, motorised cycle rickshaws, local micro bus tourist coaches,clean drinking water using RO devices for water fountains, illumination of Ghats with Solar Power,Information kiosks manned and operational 24 hrs are introduced,changes will happen in Varanasi.Regular dredging along shore and its disposal will start clean Ganga!