Cultural Tourism in Rajasthan

Tourism is the largest sector of the world. It brings income for a country as well as help to preserve the world heritage. We can say that tourism is playing an important role to provide work for people. Tourism makes a person to away from his home and to do activities. Tourism means travelling to the sites for holiday, business, study, leisure, relaxation etc. “Tourism comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business or other purposes”. (UNWTO) Tourism has positive impacts if it is well managed. It can destroy the heritage if it is not well organised. It works as a double edge sword.
There are different types of tourism such as culinary tourism, disaster tourism, eco-tourism, space tourism, medical (health) tourism, heritage (cultural) tourism.
What is culture? - Every country, every state, every region has its own culture. Before defining cultural tourism it is very important to know what culture is. We can define culture as human’s daily activities in all aspects of life. It includes human’s living habits, eating habits etc. culture is about the people’s history and heritage, art and about the people’s life style and their customs as well.(Smith.M.K) 
Cultural Tourism- cultural tourism means visiting the places as monuments, the beauty of art etc. it tells us about the tradition, rituals, beliefs and life styles of the people of a particular region, state or a country (Richard.G). It means visiting that places which tells us about the stories of life of past and present people. Every person as a tourist has his own choice. Someone likes to visit historical buildings, other likes to visit traditional fairs, he/she may like to eat traditional food or likes to see folk dance.