Destination guide — India

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Accommodation

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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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