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Question
Mention two major challenges faced by the tourism industry in India today.
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Solution
- Unplanned, unrestricted growth of tourism in India deprives the tourists of the original charm and beauty and ultimately proves disastrous.
- The development of tourism depends upon the development of the infrastructure of national highways, railways, ports, airports, hotels, and other services. Inadequacies of such infrastructural facilities adversely affect tourism.
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