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| The Himalayas in Gulmarg |
When it comes to tourism, few other places can match India for its cultural and geographic diversity, striking contrasts, and amazing prices. The 28 states and 8 union territories of India encompass a total area of 3.29 million sq km (1.27 million sq miles); about one third the size of the U.S..
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| Ladhakh Valley |
India's 1.1 billion people speak more than 16 official languages and twice that many dialects. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Jews all live together here, harmoniously for the most part. The socioeconomic disparity between the rich and poor can sometimes be quite striking. Yet, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world today.
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| The Thar Desert - Rajasthan |
About 70% of its humungous population lives in its more than 550000 villages. Some of these remote villages in forests, hills and islands are home to native primitive tribal peoples that are quite unaffected by modern civilization. The remainder of India lives in the 200 odd towns and cities.
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| Alluring Goa |
At the bottom of it all, however, India's milieu is quintessentially democratic, and, whether rich or poor, its people are free.
Thus, umpteen opportunities await the tourist visiting India. If you are looking for landscapes and geographic beauty, you can pick and choose. You have the snow-clad Himalayan
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| Ranthambhor Forest |
mountain peaks and ski slopes, valleys and forests, golden sandy deserts, and the world famous sun kissed beaches abutting on three seas - the Arabian Sea, The Bay of Bengal, and the Indian ocean.
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| Meenakshi Temple, Madurai |
There are also the tropical game forest reserves and sanctuaries which nurture many endangered species like the lion, the one-horned rhinoceros and the tiger, to name a few.
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| Buddha Monolith, Hyderabad |
If you are looking for religious shrines and pilgrimage centers, you can take your pick. There is something catering to every religion in every conceivable setting. Recently, India, the birth place of the Buddha, has emerged as an important center for Buddhist tourists.
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| Taj Mahal |
In a civilization that dates back to 3200 B.C., history is everywhere to be seen. Those interested in ancient monuments and architecture can spend weeks in India checking out its breath-taking temples, mosques, palaces and forts, and still not have seen them all.
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| Mysore Palace |
And if you want to shop for stuff that malls and arcades cannot always give you, like traditional ethnic jewelry, fabrics and handicrafts, that too at rock bottom prices, you can go berserk in India, and emerge richer from the experience,quite literally.
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| The Gateway of India |
The conference venue, Mumbai, is a modern city with all infrastructural amenties, including top class hotels. It is also a major hub for travel connections, not only within India. but also to neighbouring tourist destinations like Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives etc..
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| Boating in Kerala |
On the whole, Indians are very friendly, and English is widely spoken, thus making it easy for tourists to find their way around by themselves, Also the weather in December is very salubrious.
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