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Question
Write a short note on Historical tourism.
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Solution 1
It focuses on visiting historically important places like museums, monuments archaeological areas, forts, temples, and so on. Angkor wat of Cambodia, Tajmahal of India, and Pyramids of Egypt are some of the examples to quote for Historical Tourism.
Solution 2
- Historical tourism is growing in popularity around the world.
- To satisfy people's interest in history, tours of historical sites are organized.
- Gopal Neelkanth Dandekar, a well-known Marathi writer, used to organize hiking tours to Maharashtra forts to explore the sights associated with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his achievements.
- Tours to important historical sites in India, such as forts in Rajasthan, the Ashrams of Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Vinoba Bhave, and locations associated with the Indian War of Independence in 1857, are also available.
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