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Observe the tourist leaflets given and answer the following.a Which places do these leaflets describe ? b What are the main points given in each leaflet ?

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Observe the tourist leaflets given and answer the following.

  1. Which places do these leaflets describe?
  2. What are the main points given in each leaflet?
  3. How can one reach Tadoba?
  4. Which is the best season to visit Tadoba? Why?
  5. List tourism-related words, e.g., tourist, booking etc.
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Solution

  1. These pamphlets describe 'Sindhudurg' and 'Tadoba National Park'.
  2. The main points given in each leaflet are
    • Location
    • History
    • Languages
    • The best time to visit
    • Where to stay?
    • What to see?
    • How to go there? (by air, by rail, by road)
    • Sites nearby.
  3. Tadoba may be reached by plane via Nagpur. To get to Tadoba National Park, take a train to Chandrapur and then take a 45-kilometre bus ride from there.
  4. The ideal time to visit Tadoba is during hot summers (15th October to 15th June) to observe animals around water sources.
  5. Tourism-related words are-
    • Tourist
    • Fight
    • Mountains
    • History
    • Booking
    • Train
    • Hill station
    • MTDC
    • Travel
    • Buses
    • Fort
    • ST
    • Ticket
    • resort
    • Trek
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