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Most of the tourists visit India
by air, though they can reach it by sea or road also. Till the
mid seventies, about 10% of visitors to India came through the
Asian highway via Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. But
now, this is becoming increasingly difficult because of
disturbances in some countries en route. |
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India has direct air links with all the major continents.
About 98 per cent of foreign visitors travel to India by
air. The major
international airports are located at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai
and Kolkata. These international airports are well served by
over 50 international airlines like Aeroflot, Air Canada,
Air France, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Ethopian Airlines, Emirates, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways,
Lufthansa, etc.
Various facilities are available at these airports which are
adequate and are quiet improved.
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Air India is the national carrier of India and flies on the
international routes and shares about 30% of inbound and
outbound traffic. The Indian Airlines connects various
destinations within India and the neighboring countries. The airlines
offers a variety of special fares like Discover India fares,
India Wonder fares, Youth fares and family fares to
encourage the tourist travel within the country.
More Information on Indian Airways
& Airlines
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Some of the
tourists also visit to India by sea. Passenger
liners now no longer operate to India. But, Mumbai, Margoa, Cochin and
Chennai are the major sea ports in India where luxury liners
stop from all over the world. These liners visit India between October and March. Some freighters too
offer passage to India. Excellent accommodation and food is also available on these ships.
Some of the shipping companies are the Shipping Corporation of India, the
American President Line, the British India Steam Navigation
Company and Lloyd Triestine.
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Traveling by road can be an exciting and rewarding
experience. The visitors will be able to view the
countryside and also know that how people in villages
live and work. India
has a wide network of good and metalled roads, which
are over 2 million km.
in length. The government plays a very important role
in laying the roads. The roads that connect various
states have been classified as National Highways, the
State Highways or the roads maintained by local
bodies. These roads are generally in
not that good condition. Now,
some of the national highways are being converted from
two-lane to four-lane highways. While driving on a
highway, one can find different kinds of vehicles on
the road like bullock carts, tractors, three or
two-wheeler vehicles, cars, buses, truck, etc. On
rural roads, you can drive for miles without any
traffic but the traffic on the roads in urban areas is
very noisy and may irritate the
traveller so better to be prepared. |
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The most
pleasant mode of traveling in India is by train. The train
journey provides a memorable experience to the people.
During your journey, you will pass through varied
landscapes, different cultures and tradition of people. The
Indian Railways is the second largest and Asia’s largest railway
system in the world. About 65,000 kms of tracks have been
laid between 7000 stations. About more than 11000 trains run
every day which carries over ten million passengers. The
Indian railways also offers diverse tourist routes,
beautiful hotels on the wheels with the five-star facilities
and the India-rail passes, which are ideal for the extensive
trouble free tours across the country. Some of the famous
trains in India are the Palace on Wheels, The Royal Orient,
The Rajdhani Express, the Shatabdi Express, the Taj Express,
the Pinkcity Express and the toy trains that operate in the
hill stations. The Indian railways also runs special charter
trains on demand. The booking for the trains can be made at
the respective reservation offices of the Railways, which
are present all over the country. The booking for the trains
can also be made at the Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai
international airports.
More Information on Indian Railways & Rail
Tours
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