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Subcontinental India
Tertiary Economic Activities
Question | Answer |
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Transport | Second largest rail network in the World ( a legacy of the British empire) 62 000km of track |
Most investment in public transport has taken place in larger cities or along coastal areas. | |
Over half of India's rural villages have no tarred roads. There are approx 5 cars per 1000 comparing to 500 per 100 in developed countries | |
India has a road network of over 2.1m km. Cities are prone to traffic jams and ox-drawn carts are commonplace on the major roads and cows often wander along the roads | |
Trains carry over 14m passengers a day. Kolkatta's undergroud railway was introduced in 1989. | |
Toursim | In 2014, nearly 7m visited the region, up from 3m in 2003. Nearly 18'000 visitors were from Ireland. The toursim industry is worht over 5billion |
Tourists are attracted to Himalayan Mountains and the Taj Mahal | |
Pople interested in yoy, meditation and beaches are attracted to Goa or Cochin | |
International tourism is limited due to the level of poverty. The government have implicated new policies of cleanliness | |
Internal tourism is increasing as the standard of living in ;arge cities is rising. | |
The region has been marketed as a adventure Holiday destination as it offers rock climbing paragliding and skiing |