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Cultural Attraction
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Introduction
Cultural tourism is based on the mosaic of
places, traditions, art forms, celebrations and
experiences that portray the nation and its
people, reflecting the diversity and character
of a country.
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Two significant travel trends will dominate the
tourism market in the next decade.
Mass marketing is giving way to one-to-one
marketing with travel being tailored to the
interests of the individual consumer.
A growing number of visitors are becoming special
interest travellers who rank the arts, heritageand/or other cultural activities as one of the top
five reasons for travelling.
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Culture means the prospect of contact with
other civilizations, their original and varied
customs and tradition with their distinct
characteristics. This entire process creates a
powerful motivator towards travel.
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Some Cultural Attractions
Various Museums also attract tourists like
Madame Tussauds Museum in London,
the Louvre Museum in Paris,
Smithsonian Washington Museum,
Museums of famous painters like Salvador Dali, PabloPicasso, Natural History Museum,
British Museum,
Museum of Modern Art are also popular tourist products.
Sites of archeological interest like remains of
Mohenjodaro and Harrapan civilizations,
museums for fossils and dinosaurs.
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Sites for historical interest like
city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
sites of holocaust in Germany,
tombs of various leaders and emperors.
Historical buildings like Warwick Castle, Tower of London,
Stratford-on-Avon which is Shakespeares birthplace,
the Roman Baths are all popular with tourists.
Even historical cities like Varanasi in India get a lot of tourists due to its
status as one of the oldest cities of the world.Stonehenge in United Kingdom, The White House, Buckingham Palaceand other places of political significance, are also great touristdraws.
Some Cultural Attractions
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Traditions
Pilgrimages
Fairs and festivals
Arts and handicrafts
Dance
Music
Folklore
Native life and customs
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Pilgrimages
A pilgrimage is a term primarily used for ajourney or a search of great moralsignificance.
Sometimes, it is a journey to a sacred place orshrine of importance to a person's beliefs andfaith. Members of every religion participate inpilgrimages.
A person who makes such a journey is called aPilgrim.
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In the Christian world, for instance, a visit toJerusalem or the Vatican is consideredauspicious. Among Muslims, a pilgrimage to
Mecca is considered a great act of faith. India is among the richest countries in the
world as far as the field of art and craft isconcerned.
Tourists like to visit and see the creative andartistic treasures of various countries.
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Dances
There are many forms of dance in the world
like Salsa, Hip- Hop, Jazz, Flamingo, Ballet and
Traditional Dances. People who travel like to
watch these dance performances and
sometimes even take some introductory
classes.
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Music
Music can be either traditional or modern.
Traditional music like folk music and classical
and country music is specific to every region
and country.
Modern forms include Blues, Rock, Pop, Jazz,
Rap, Techno and Hip- Hop.
Music also adds to the attraction of a
destination.
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Fairs and Festivals
Fairs and Festivals capture the fun loving side and bringout the joyous celebrations of the community.
Festivals like Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Eid,Ramadan, Diwali, and Holi and so on, also bring peopleto destinations where the celebration can be enjoyed.
Some popular Fairs which cater to fun and work arePushkar Mela in Rajasthan, Magic Fair in Vegas forgarments, Hong Kong Fashion Week and various jobfairs where people are recruited.
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Cuisine
Cuisine is very often an understated but highlyimportant part of any holiday.
Now-a-days there is cuisine from all areas of the
world which is found at most tourist destinations.Specialty restaurants serve Indian, Continental,Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Fastfood, Mexican, Mediterranean, and Arabic and so
on. However, tourists usually like to eat the local food
of the areas they visit.
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Some tourism products do not fall into the abovecategories. Wildlife sanctuary, Marine parks, Aeroproducts and Water sports, Flower festivals are theexample of tourism products which are a blending ofnature and man.
Nature has provided the resource and man hasconverted them into a tourism product by managing
them. National parks for example, are left in theirnatural state of beauty as far as possible, but still needto be managed, through provision of access, parkingfacilities, limited accommodation, litter bins etc.
Yet the core attraction is still nature in this category ofproduct. These products are symbiosis of nature andman.
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Adventure Tourism
In case of adventure sports tourists can be
participants. The basic element of adventure
is the satisfaction of having complete
command over ones body, a sense of risk in
he process, an awareness of beauty and the
exploration of the unknown. Adventure
tourism can be classified into aerial, waterbased and land based.
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Aerial adventure sports
A) Parachuting, which involves jumping off from an aircraft or balloonand descending by means of a parachute. The infrastructurerequired, includes an aircraft, parachutes and large landing zones.
B) Sky Diving, which involves a sky diver jumping off an aircraft or
balloon at a much greater height without deploying his parachuteinitially and opening it after some interval at a pre determinedheight.
C) Hang Gliding, which involves running off a mountain or being towed
by a winch and essentially flying like a glider where the directionalcontrol is achieved by a shift in his own weight by the pilot.
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D) Para Gliding, is the latest aero-sport which has taken the world by storm. A
Para Glider is a specially designed square parachute, along with a harness
attached by lines.
E) Para Sailing is a simple sport that involves towing a parachutist to a height
of a few hundred feet in the air and then descending by means of a
parachute. As a year round activity, Para sailing can be done on land and
water.
F) Bungee Jumping, which requires no equipment except a bungee cord
made of nylon fiber of enough elasticity to be able to absorb the shock at
the end of the jump. The jumper makes a headlong jump into empty space
and the resultant rush of adrenalin makes the experience very
exhilarating.
G) Ballooning, where a balloon is attached to a basket by steel wire ropes. By
regulating hot and cold air, the pilot can steer the balloon along any
charted course.
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Water based adventure sports
A) White water rafting which is one of the most important and excitingwater sports, which involves riding down water rapids in aninflatable raft which is used to negotiate fast flowing rivers.
B) Canoeing and Kayaking are adventure sports which begin upstream
where the water is wild and white. The gradient best suited forcanoeing is the stage near the rivers entry into the plains wherethe trip can be combined with a natural holiday in a forest. Kayakingis appealing as it enables innovation on the river by one or twooarsman seated in tandem.
C) Adventure sports in the waters of the sea like wind surfing, scubadiving, snorkeling, yachting, water skiing, etc. also offer thrillingactivities to the tourists.
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B) Mountaineering requires trained physical ability and suitableequipment. The higher peaks need better equipment which is alsocostly. The challenges which mountains like the Indian Himalayaspose attract mountaineers from various countries.
C) Trekking the mighty Himalayas which spread across five Indianstates form a sweeping arc and compress in its expanse a widegeographical variety and contrasting cultures.
D) Skiing is the practice of sliding over snow on runners, called skis,attached to each foot. There are three types of ski resorts, the firstare large towns, second type are alpine villages and the thirdresorts built for skiing.
E) Heli skiing is a type of alpine skiing where the skier is dropped to thetop of a mountain by a helicopter and then he slides down on hisown.
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