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Question
Observe the tourist leaflets given and answer the following.
- Which places do these leaflets describe?
- What are the main points given in each leaflet?
- How can one reach Tadoba?
- Which is the best season to visit Tadoba? Why?
- List tourism-related words, e.g., tourist, booking etc.
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Solution
- These pamphlets describe 'Sindhudurg' and 'Tadoba National Park'.
- 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.
- 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.
- The ideal time to visit Tadoba is during hot summers (15th October to 15th June) to observe animals around water sources.
- Tourism-related words are-
- Tourist
- Fight
- Mountains
- History
- Booking
- Train
- Hill station
- MTDC
- Travel
- Buses
- Fort
- ST
- Ticket
- resort
- Trek
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