Why Travel Agencies Need to be the Face of Indian Diversity?

Whether one looks at it from a social, economic, or geographical perspective, if there is one thing that the Indian subcontinent can promise, it is diversity! And what better way to showcase that cultural, historic, and geographic diversity than through travel agencies of the country? For those who aren’t able to make sense of the premise, travel agencies Kolkata tour thousands of people every year to different parts of the country and help them imbibe for the immediate time being, the essence of those places.

These agencies have a far greater exposure to the cultural, linguistic, historical, and often economic disparities of the different places. A brilliant example would be when some visits Southern India compared to when they visit the Himalayas in the extreme North or North East. The most famous attractions of Southern states are temples, palaces, and pictures of opulence; not that there is lack of natural beauty but it is a mix of both. 

On the other hand, Northern most and North Eastern states show a completely different picture. The general populace is the working class labour in most villages that are situated in valleys and lie quite far off from each other. The temples have unique deities that pronounce a sense of austerity and hardship rather than that of opulence and regality.

The point being that the only people who see all of it on an almost regular basis and know each of these places as if they were born there, are travel agency associates. As more and more people pick up their bags to travel miles at a stretch with dreams in their eyes, these associates could tell them about the beauty in difference and why it makes the country all the more amazing. 

People who travel, generally do it for their thirst to discover the new, as a hobby, or as a mode of relaxation. In most cases, they have a calmer and more accepting mind set while they are on a journey, than they are likely to be in their regular lives. If during this time, tour packages in India and the travel agency associates pronounce how each of the states are different in most respects and yet very similar when it comes to the core feelings of human compassion and emotion, travellers are likely to see more light in that than in the articles they read on the internet.   

If one were to look at it, this country is built on difference than on similarities and yet has prosperously worked as the world’s largest democracy for over 70 years; that in itself is cultural identity of the country to the rest of the world. India doesn’t represent in its name any ethnicity, religion, culture, or socio-tribal identity; it simply means the land of Indus. If our state doesn’t define itself as any particular group identity, then why should we? That is the spirit travel agencies should represent when guide tens of people to different states every day and thousands throughout the year!