Tourism

‘Tourism’ means the practice of travelling from one place to another within or without nation. The person who makes a tour is said to be a ‘tourist’. Tourism has a great significance to both an individual and a nation as a whole. As there is a saying that ‘Travel broadens the mind’, tourism can help us to acquire knowledge and information about different people and places. It also provides a sort of brief, relief and respite to our body and mind as well. It also helps the nation to earn a great deal of foreign currency so as to pay for the development of nation. It also earns the nation a wide recognition throughout the globe. Particularly for the nation like ours, tourism can have endless possibilities if developed as an industry.

We speak of different types of tourism. According to the people who make a tour, tourism can be categorized into two basic types-internal tourism and external tourism. According to the activities we perform in course of our tourism, we can have again two types of tourism-adventure tourism and cultural tourism. Adventure tourism includes mountain climbing, rock climbing, rafting, trekking and hiking and many others. Cultural tourism means the kind of tourism in which the tourist tries to acquire knowledge and information about others’ culture and religious or social practices. By developing tourism, we mean to provide the best possible facilities and opportunities to the tourists. It also means to impress them with our typical hospitality so that they will be tempted to visit our nation time and again. The development of tourism is also associated with the environment and peacefulness of the place. So, we have to be more serious about maintaining our environment neat, clean and peaceful. Tourism can also provide employment to the local people and it can provide a better understanding among the people throughout the world. So, to put it briefly, tourism can prove to be a fowl that lays golden eggs.