Differential charging has been an unethical issue in today’s tourism industry. Its has been a very common sighting foreigners being charged excessively not only by the private service providers but also by the government. For example: I can locate the rate board at the red fort showing huge differences in the rate for sight seeing for Indian as they charge only Rs. 15 per person but for the foreigners they charge around Rs. 50 per person.
In fact, such issue is not only prevalent in Delhi only but else where also. Such issue may hamper the industry to large extent as deferential treatments of the tourists erode the interest of the tourists and they may frame unimpressive opinion regarding our country. As a result people may avoid touring such place
Tourism is a huge industry. The profit generated from it may be an important source of income generation for our any nation. Even small villages can be tourism spot. Once I had time to visit pure where I saw a village totally earning its income through art and craft material they prepare and sale to tourists. But the rate they charged was not appropriate. And therefore I avoided buying thing there.
The private service provider like the taxi drivers, the shopkeepers, hawkers and pundits at religious places are not always generous while treating the tourists. They charge unethically. Once I had been to Allahabad for a bath in the holy Sangam. The boat rowers took Rs. 1000 for only 2 persons, but later on I came to know that the fare was only Rs. 10 per person.
However it is very difficult to curb the disorganized unethical issues prevalent all over the industry. Charging the tourists differentially infact is loss making policy. Legal provision is needed in order to reduce such discrepancies in this sector.
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