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India Travel Mart kicks off in Chandigarh

The 11th edition of the three-day India Travel Mart (ITM), a travel and tourism exhibition, that kicked off here Saturday, has four foreign countries and nearly 60 corporate houses participating.

ITM is hosted by Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) in association with Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir as partner states and Malaysia, Dubai and Thailand as partner countries.

'ITM will bring the best packages to Chandigarh for summer holidays, business trips, family holidays, honeymooners and adventure and eco-tourism places. Last year 54 companies had participated in ITM here but this time nearly 60 companies, from all across the country are participating in this event,' Ajay Gupta, director of ITM, told IANS Saturday.

'Main focus of the exhibition is on making travel more interesting and hassle free. There is a wide variety of attractive packages and unique tourist destinations to choose from. We see a lot of potential in Chandigarh and Punjab market and expect whopping business during these three days,' said Gupta.

ITM's participants included Malaysia, Dubai, Thailand, Turkey, CITCO, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and leading hotels, resorts and travel agencies.

'This edition of ITM would diversify the travel experience. The main highlights of our exhibition would include special offerings of pilgrimage tourism, adventure tourism, eco tourism, health tourism and wildlife tourism,' stated Gupta.

Source: Sify.com

India's Tourist Attractions

In India, tourist attractions cannot be counted in fingers, but their experiences do remain etched on the minds for years…or yore. You have exciting beaches to bewitch your senses, mountains to give you the much-needed solitude, adventures to set your heart racing, a wonderful historic legacy to transport you to the past, spirituality to induce you to introspect deep within yourself, and ancient systems of holistic well being, which can cure your chronic ailments.
Taj mahal Agra tours
The tourist attractions in India cover a wide ambit of sights, sounds, tastes and smells. India can be experienced in a wide range of ways. From water sports in the beaches of Goa to the languid cruises in the backwaters of Kerala, or shikara rides in Srinagar; from the timeless poetry in marble called Taj Mahal to the awe-inspiring dark recesses in the Ajanta-Ellora; from the serene ghats of Varanasi to the chaotic marketplaces of Delhi; from the wild experience in Sunderbans to skiing adventure tours in Kullu Manali, India can unfold before you in a myriad exciting ways.
In India, tourist attractions would whet your quest for travel. For India is much beyond your typical tourist guides and brochures. It is equally manifested in the sweaty smell of the teeming co-passengers in the Mumbai locals, as it is in the calmness of the Himalayan terrain.

From foot-tapping Goan music, imbibed with the headiness of feni, to the sonorous raga of Hindustani classical, India sounds ethereal, surreal and real. From dosa to biryani…from Goan fish curry to butter chicken…from sandesh to payasam to shrikhand, India tastes great and feels sublime. It is an experience worth repeating again and again…

The Enigmatic India

India is a country of immense tourist potential. Here one can find a great many natural wonders ranging from quaint hill stations with their sombre, snow-capped mountains to bewitching beaches caressed by the azure blue waters to forests filled with the fragrance of adventure…at the same time its majestic forts and palaces and plethora of religious attractions induce the tourists to explore this perennial enigma, which embodies an ancient civilization within a modern nation and an emerging knowledge economy.

The tourist attractions of India are magical are myriad, and they simply cannot be covered within the ambit of a brief or even an extended India Tour Yes of course, you should visit that poetry in marble, known as Taj Mahal to the world, and be awed by the Ajanta and Ellora sculptures, akshar dham temple or marvel at the erotic splendours of Khajuraho and Konark. Of course, you would laze around the sunny Kovalam beach with a beer and count the waves for eternity, or see a sunrise on the shimmering liquid horizon, from the busy Puri beach…Or feel the spirit of Goa in its fascinating water sports, heady feni or exuberant Goan music.
akshar dham temple India
You can talk to the hills while trekking through the misty road of India’s many hill stations, and can feel like a Rajput king while strolling through the mighty forts and palaces of Rajasthan. You can introspect on the ghats of Varanasi in the wee hours of dawn, or take your inward journey through the crowded Tirupati or Jagannath Temple. The intrepid traveler within you can always be satiated through the camel safaris across Thar desert, or through a jeep safari through wildlife splendours of India’s many national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

But to be honest, all these tourist attractions of India can only account for the tip of the iceberg or at most some fascinating glimpses of India tour. For India demands a lifetime’s exploration and not a fleeting sojourn to reveal its innumerable enigmatic facets to its explorers, visitors….and travellers. It is not only about forts and palaces, temples and mosques, mountains and beaches, wildlife and desert safaris…it is also about its fascinating people with their varying customs and legacies, and colourful fairs and festivities, which can induce you to embark on this perennial adventure called India again and again… And every Indian experience is expected to leave you more enriched.