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Rural
and Archeological Tourism
 


Why
in News? Promotion
of Rural and Archeological tourism for Community Empowerment and
Poverty Alleviation.

 


 


Rural
tourism
possesses high potential to stimulate Social Change and local
Economic Growth, because of its complementarity with other economic
activities, its contribution to GDP and job creation, and its
capacity to promote the dispersal of demand in time and along a wider
territory.
 


UNWTO
understands
Rural Tourism as "a type of tourism activity in which the
visitor’s experience is related to a wide range of products
generally linked to nature-based activities, agriculture, rural
lifestyle / culture, angling and sightseeing.
Rural
Tourism activities take place in non-urban (rural) areas with the
following characteristics: 

<ol type="i">
	<li>landscape
	and land-use dominated by agriculture and forestry
	</li><li>low
	population density
	</li><li>traditional
	social structure and lifestyle".
</li></ol>
 


Under
the leadership of the 2020
G20 Saudi
Presidency, the World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
and the G20 Tourism Working Group have developed the AlUla
Framework for
Inclusive Community Development through Tourism to help fulfil the
sector’s potential to contribute to and achieve inclusive community
development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
 


 


Archaeological
Tourism:
Archaeological
Tourism hold a large scale group of Tourist who are eager to know the
historical sites, Heritage spots and it mostly satisfy the curiosity
of Students and Scholars.
 


Advantages
of Archaeological Tourism:
it
is the government of the region where the antiquities are located to
promote archaeological tourism as a means of educating people about
their rich cultural heritage, or simply as a means to make some money
from the tourists who visit
 


Heritage
sites are places of archaeological or historical significance that
have been preserved. Many are open to the public for visitation. They
often include museum The government also gains from the taxes imposed
on the expenditure by such tourists.
 


Drawbacks
of archaeological tourism is the danger that may be posed to truly
historical sites by hordes of tourists who descend on these places in
large numbers. Even with strict restrictions, there is always the
danger of some form of damage to such places, possibly affecting the
pristineness of historical sites. For example, when tourists visit
caves with ancient paintings on the walls, the constant traffic of
human beings may lead to an erosion of the properly preserved status
of the place.
 


Sites
standing with success stories:
 


<ol>
	<li>Ladpur
	khas Village- Madhya Pradesh:
</li></ol>

Best
Tourism Village known for Temples built in 16th
and 17th
centuries.

 


<ol start="2">
	<li>Kongthong
	village-Meghalaya
</li></ol>

Also
known as Singing village, because mother calls their kid in a unique
Singing way – These Musical Names are called “Jingrwai lawbei”

 


<ol start="3">
	<li>Bhoodan
	Pochampally village-Telangana
</li></ol>

The
place is famous for its Weaves- Handwoven ‘Ikkat’ Saree.

 


<ol start="4">
	<li>Khonoma
	Village-Nagaland
</li></ol>

Khonoma
is known for its Initiatives in Wildlife Conservation,Khonoma
Nature Conservation and Tragopan Sanctuary (KNCTS) was set up to
protect the endangered Blyth’s Tragopan and other wildlife and rare
plant species in their natural habitat. The serene place holds its
beauty with Lush Forest and Paddy Fields.

 


<ol start="5">
	<li>Dholavira-Gujarat
	
	
</li></ol>

It
bears evidence of a multi-cultural and stratified society during the
3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. 


Ramappa
Temple were included in the list during the 44th session of the
UNESCO’s World Heritage.

It
is the first site of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) in
India to get the tag.

 



 



 


 


India’s
Agenda in G20 :
Members:&nbsp;An
intergovernmental organization, UNWTO has 160 Member States, 6
Associate Members, 2 Observers and over 500 Affiliate Members.
 


<ul>
	<li>Promoting
	Sustainable Development in Tourism: by
	promoting the socio-cultural authenticity and optimizing the use of
	Environmental Resources.
	</li><li>Emphasizing
	Global Agenda: To
	outgrow the Socio-economic growth and development
	</li><li>Tourism
	Competitiveness: To
	improve tourist count steps like-implementing the Policies, planning
	, statistics, sustainable development and Risk management and
	Exchanging Human Resources should be made in action.
	</li><li>knowledge
	and capacity building:&nbsp;Supporting
	countries to assess and address their needs in education and
	training, as well as providing networks for knowledge creation and
	exchange.
</li></ul>
 


Sources:
The
Hindu, The Indian Express published on 4th
February 2023.

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