Indian Tourism is a quite a big industry, and according to WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council) the Indian tourism, in 2011 generated 121 billion dollars that is 6.4% of nation’s GDP. The industry is providing jobs for 39.3 million people. The sector has [...]
We can find fast food chains in most of the world but, in some countries like India, the prohibition against eating beef delayed its landing. Hindus do not eat beef and Muslims do not eat pork so McDonald’s has decided to “reinvent” with [...]
The tiger tourism is an expensive entertainment that has become a status symbol. However, tourism will significantly be restricted because the Supreme Court of India has recently announced a series of measures to prohibit tourist activities in the reserves of tigers in the country. [...]
Bhutan is the ideal drowsy country beautifully caught at the chain of the Himalayas, between India and China. A powerful country, a place where peace reigns and where a large population cultivates the values of religious and cultural tradition of high mountains, covered [...]
Within the area belonging to the Seychelles archipelago, there is an atoll which by its surface, is the second largest in the world: Aldabra. The Aldabra atoll is made up of four islands surrounding a blue lagoon, inhabited by endemic species isolated from [...]
There seems to be a city for each color in India. Jaisalmer as the Golden City, Jodhpur as the Blue City, and now, we immerse ourselves in Jaipur, the Pink City. Jaipur owes its color to a composite coating of slaked lime, along with [...]
In India, there is a town around a lake that knew how to “own” the water, or better, add the lake as part of a semi-aquatic city. The lake, for hundreds of years, is populated by houseboats and “itinerant”. There is even a small [...]
The Golden Temple of Amritsar (or Harmandir Sahib) is great from any angle. It is the holiest site of Sikhism, practiced by 25 million people and is located in the city of Amritsar in India. The Golden Temple in addition to imposing elegance is [...]
On a hill 180 meters south of Bhilwara inRajasthan,India, is the strong Chittorgarh was built in the seventh century. It is the largest in India: its dimensions are huge (2.8 square kilometers), surrounded by walls that for centuries surround also impressive buildings including temples, [...]
In India, pyramid-shaped towers are called Vimana. They are pyramidal shaped buildings that protect the most sacred place within a religious complex. In southern India, some religious complexes acquire monumental proportions, including some of the largest Hindu temples. If you are curious with Indian temples, [...]
