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fiogf49gjkf0d SOME OF THE LARGE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL CHAINS ARE REPRESENTED. THE ONES EQUATING TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS ARE FOUND IN THE CITIES AND MOST POPULAR TOURIST POINTS. HOTELS THROUGHOUT INDIA ARE GENERALLY KNOWN AS WESTERN OR INDIAN. THE DIFFERENCE IS USUALLY THE PRICE. WESTERN BEEN THE MORE EXPENSIVE. THE STANDARD OF HOTELS VARIES GREATLY AS DOES THE PRICE. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION: THIS TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION IS USUALLY RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE TRAVELLING. ACCOMMODATION NOT TAKEN IS THEN AVAILABLE TO TOURISTS. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING:- DAK BUNGALOWS - THESE ARE BASIC USUALLY WITH NO ELECTRICITY REST HOUSES - ARE LESS BASIC THAN THE DAK BUNGALOWS. CIRCUIT HOUSES - THESE ARE THE HIGHEST GRADE BUT USUALLY NOT AVAILABLE TO THE TOURIST. TOURIST BUNGALOWS: THIS IS USUALLY DORMITORY ACCOMMODATION, CLEAN AND WELL KEPT WITH ADJOINING BATHROOMS TO THE ROOMS. THERE IS ALSO USUALLY A RESTAURANT OR DINNING ROOM. MOST TOWNS THROUGHOUT INDIA HAVE TOURIST BUNGALOWS. RAILWAY RETIRING ROOMS: ARE HOTELS SITUATED AT THE RAILWAY STATION CONSISTING OF DORMITORY ACCOMMODATION. TO USE THIS ACCOMMODATION A RAIL TICKET OR INDRAIL PASS IS NEEDED. YOUTH HOSTELS: CHEAP USUALLY GOOD CONDITIONS AND GOOD FACILITIES BUT AWAY FROM TOWN CENTERS. YOUTH HOSTELS IN INDIA: ANDHRA PRADESH GOA GUJARAT HARYANA HIMACHAL PRAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR KERALA MADHYA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA ONSSA PUNJAB RAJASTHAN TAMIL NADU UTTER PRADESH WEST BENGAL
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