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Question
Write short note
Sports Tourism.
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Solution 1
Sports Tourism
Points: • 21st century pheonomenon
• different levels of sports competition
• different games
• example
Solution 2
- Sports Tourism, developed in the 20th century, refers to travel which involves attending a sporting event.
- Various sports events are organized at the international level, national level, and state level.
- Olympics, Wimbledon, World Chess Championship matches and International Cricket Tournaments, etc., are some examples of sports events organized at the international level; an event like Himalayan Car Rally is organized at the national level and the Maharashtra Kesari Wrestling competitions, etc; are organized at the state level.
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Complete the following Concept chart:
Read the following extract and answer the questions.
An unusual Village of Books
Bhilar is a village near Mahabaleshwar, which boasts of the natural beauty and sweetness of strawberries. It is also known as the ‘Village of Books’. Every household in this village maintains a library of its own for the tourists to enjoy. Maharashtra State Government has implemented this scheme with a view to accelerating the ‘Reading Culture’ movement for the reader-tourists to enjoy the beauty of Marathi literature enriched by the works of old and new authors and saints. It includes various types of texts like biographies, autobiographies, fiction, poetry, literature by women, literature on sports, literature for kids, etc. If you go to Mahabaleshwar, make it a point to visit Bhilar as well.
- Write two natural features of Bhilar.
- Which is the famous hill station near Bhilar.
- How Bhilar village adds to the reading culture of Maharashtra.
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Choose the Odd one.
Religious tourism, Cultural tourism, Adventure tourism, Environment
What are the types of tourism?
tourism is for a fun activity ______.
