Incredible don’ts

Headline: Incredible don’ts
Newspaper/publication: The Indian Express
Topic: Travel & Tourism
Date: 25 Feb 2008
If only tourists into India would be more diligent and read carefully before catching a flight to this diverse
land the diaries left by the memsahibs of the Raj. But try telling that to the new-generation tourist,
arming herself with nothing more than a Lonely Planet guide and its daredevil exhortations to venture
forth into magnificent ruins and the unruly countryside, with the added globalising order to seek
bonhomie with local residents. No wonder the tourism ministry has had to step in and moot a set to
guidelines for the foreign tourist. Read them, and begin your discovery of India, as told by the
authorities. Here are some cautionary notes from the ministry. Take precautions ….
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022553701000.htm