walking tours a new initiative
THE Ministry of tourism has partnered with Genesys International to create a " walking tours" platform ,one of the the first such initiative to be undertaken in any country.WoNoBo.com is a unique and exciting product that will enable users to navigate and route their way through cities based on a no. of interesting theme.Initially this service will be available for 5 cities{ahmedabad, hyderabad, delhi,mumbai,coastal goa} and soon it will be expanded to 54 cities of the country. It is interesting to see the govt. website containing full blown 360 degree views of destinations and much more.
These are truly laudable job initiated by government under e-governance G2C {govt. to citizen}
and facilitating itself a service provider .Now regarding tourism sector though India is one of the fastest growing tourism destination ,we have not fully tapped the potential it contain. In the world India's share in tourism sector is abysmal low of 1% ,in spite of the potential of this sector to provide benefit to all MSMEs .Tourism is a such industry which can be utilised in marketing strategy of the products like handlooms and can overhaul the allied sectors by not only infusing the capital in them but also providing jobs. To rightly untap the true potential of this industry we must not only look on the sites as foreigner's destination but also seek to unleash the potential of domestic tourists.
India is one of the lead runner in the medical tourism sector as well as in ecotourism and rural tourism but what we lack in ,is synergy in people directly integrated with this sector and the sector allied to it and can be allied to it.Promotion of "HATS" in these identified destination site where the promotion of products from different parts of india where promotion of geographic indication can be presented and hence placing place{as tourist destination} and products in front of tourists. This will lead to skill development and community participation which can be a complete fillip in integration of various organs of our economy.
Though govt. of india is in right direction of infusing ICT in this industry and also floating info. required but a lot has to be done. The first and the foremost requirement is to have a attitudinal shift and making community to feel about the preservation of historical sites. ASI can not do this mammoth task alone and a long 150 yr of experience of ASI shows that a top down approach has not provided a desired result. So a complete paradigm shift is required and community as a whole has to take minor or major responsibility in providing a conducive environment for flourishing of this industry.
These are truly laudable job initiated by government under e-governance G2C {govt. to citizen}
and facilitating itself a service provider .Now regarding tourism sector though India is one of the fastest growing tourism destination ,we have not fully tapped the potential it contain. In the world India's share in tourism sector is abysmal low of 1% ,in spite of the potential of this sector to provide benefit to all MSMEs .Tourism is a such industry which can be utilised in marketing strategy of the products like handlooms and can overhaul the allied sectors by not only infusing the capital in them but also providing jobs. To rightly untap the true potential of this industry we must not only look on the sites as foreigner's destination but also seek to unleash the potential of domestic tourists.
India is one of the lead runner in the medical tourism sector as well as in ecotourism and rural tourism but what we lack in ,is synergy in people directly integrated with this sector and the sector allied to it and can be allied to it.Promotion of "HATS" in these identified destination site where the promotion of products from different parts of india where promotion of geographic indication can be presented and hence placing place{as tourist destination} and products in front of tourists. This will lead to skill development and community participation which can be a complete fillip in integration of various organs of our economy.
Though govt. of india is in right direction of infusing ICT in this industry and also floating info. required but a lot has to be done. The first and the foremost requirement is to have a attitudinal shift and making community to feel about the preservation of historical sites. ASI can not do this mammoth task alone and a long 150 yr of experience of ASI shows that a top down approach has not provided a desired result. So a complete paradigm shift is required and community as a whole has to take minor or major responsibility in providing a conducive environment for flourishing of this industry.
