Types of Tourism

These days tourism has become an independent field of local, interstate, national and international business. The desire to visit the national and international monuments, places of historical importance, and natural beauty, ancient centers are known for handicrafts, pilgrims centers, industrial centers, and sites of various developmental projects, etc. promote tourism.

The places like snow-capped peaks, beaches, pristine jungles, which were neglected previously, became important locations of tourist interests. Tourism can be broadly typified into local tourism, interstate tourism, international tourism, religious tourism, historical tourism, health tourism, science tourism, agro-tourism, sports tourism, tourism based on special events, etc.