{"id":10271,"date":"2015-08-14T17:03:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T17:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=10271"},"modified":"2020-12-24T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T19:37:11","slug":"tourism-developments-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tourism-developments-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sneak Peek at Tourism Developments in India on 69th Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
India is a rolling stone that never gathers moss!<\/strong>\u00a0To say precisely, India is on the wheels of development in all spheres including travel & tourism. Since the discovery of the first sea route to India by Vasco da Gama in 1498, India had been a prime target of the colonists including the Portuguese, the French and the British mainly for its abundant wealth till the end of the Second World War. In the post-independence era, the heritage of India has been a pull to the world. Since independence, India has come a long way in travel and tourism, which is a thriving industry with lots of untapped potential and employment opportunity, today. Though the annual number of foreign tourist arrivals to India is much lower in comparison with other Asian countries, India\u2019s inbound tourism is on a roll. Being a good player in international politics, India has witnessed consistent development in tourism over 68 years of independence. Today, the 69th<\/sup> Independence Day of India, we at Indian Eagle<\/span> take a sneak peek at the colossal picture of ongoing and upcoming developments in India travel & tourism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n India\u2019s first Wax Museum in Kolkata<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Kolkata is the first Indian city to have got a wax museum like Madame Tussauds in London. The museum has been named after Mother Teresa. Located in the city\u2019s IT hub, the museum exhibits lively statues of eminent leaders, celebrities and freedom fighters of India. Kolkata<\/a><\/span> is about to get a Ferris Wheel on the Ganges like the London Eye on the Thames.<\/strong><\/p>\n Indian Railways on a ride for the better<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Train travel in India is an altogether different experience these days. Thanks to the evolution of locomotive engineering and technology for Gatimaan Express<\/a><\/span>, Indian\u2019s fastest train from Delhi to Agra!<\/strong> Running at a speed of 160km\/hr, it is faster than Shatabdi Express by 5 minutes. Ac double-decker train between New Delhi and Lucknow is another new feather in the cap of Indian Railways. India has eagerly been awaiting its first high-speed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, which is under construction.<\/p>\n Easier Ways of pilgrimage in India<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Pilgrimage is no exception to developments in India on the travel and tourism front. The newly laid Katra-Udhampur railway track has made pilgrimage<\/a><\/span> to the hilltop Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu & Kashmir easier than before.<\/strong> Being a democratic country, India is keen on developing Buddhist tourism. The state government of Maharashtra has shown interest in the ambitious project, which is currently limited to identifying the Buddhist spots to be developed across the country.<\/p>\n India offers e-tourist visa to 75 countries<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n With e-tourist visa to India available for the nationals of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and China, the inbound tourism of India has taken a great leap for the better. Currently, tourists from 75 countries across the world are eligible for e-tourist on arrival in India.<\/strong> Recently, seven tier-II Indian airports including Jaipur, Amritsar, Gaya, Lucknow, Trichy, and Varanasi have been added to the e-tourist visa on arrival scheme.<\/p>\n Domestic air connectivity on a high<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n India has seen developments in aviation too. In 2014, the Airport Authority of India announced a plan to develop 200 low-cost, energy-efficient airports in tier II and tier III cities across the country over the next 20 years. A few days back,<\/strong> Indian aviation gave approval to a project for developing 5 regional airports<\/span><\/a><\/strong> including two in Karnataka, one in Rajasthan, one in Arunachal Pradesh and one in Odisha in order to leverage the tourism potential of remote regions through extension of domestic air connectivity.<\/p>\n Wi-Fi and online ticketing for heritage monuments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n