Why India Seems Dirty to the Tourists

It is a sad fact to confess, but the urban Indian elite has grown up thinking that cleaning the public spaces India is someone else’s job. We do not count it as our responsibility to keep India clean, which is why the entire urban nation has become a colossal mess.

Counting the issues

Plastic waste is a mammoth issue around the world, and very few countries have been able to figure out the way to dispose it off. Every day, tonnes of plastic waste makes its way into the oceans, and a significant amount of it remains on our streets.

Our idea of cleanliness is to get rid of the garbage in our homes. The house does get clean, but the country remains unclean, maybe forever. We need to understand the basic concepts of properly disposing of the trash.

The schools and societies in India do not teach classification of garbage. We throw the electronic waste with the rotten tomatoes, wet waste along with the dry residue, plastic waste with foods- the list is endless. The stray animals often find their food in the trash that we throw at designated places on the roads. Many harmful things end up in the stomach of these animals, which may even lead to their death.

Impact of unclean India on tourists

India has not really succeeded in making a great first impression on the tourists. As soon as they come out of any gorgeous-looking airport, they are welcomed with auto-rickshaw drivers jumping on them, screeching horns on the highways, traffic jam, filthy roads, cattle on the streets, and men and kids using the streets as toilets. This is not the scenario in any one city; most metropolitans have this common sight, nothing to say about the smaller towns.

The tourists, who come to India looking for breathtaking sights, feel disappointed at first sight, even though they may feel delightful once they reach their destination on the hills and beaches. The foreigner brethren of ours come prepared for the unhygienic means of travel and places to stay unless they have a budget to buy a bomb!

We have not been able to attract as many tourists as we deserve in this beautiful country. Due to various reasons, the number of foreign vacationers in India is significantly low as compared to other countries. Even though we have world-class facilities like Self-Drive Car Rental in Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, and many other metropolitan cities, we lag behind in attracting the tourists towards India.

What we can do to encourage tourism

Keeping the country clean and treating the tourists with respect is the least we can do to attract more tourists to our vibrant state than today. We have world-class facilities for everything they might need; we just need to capitalize on our resources and infrastructure. We need to instill the habit of keeping our streets clean, along with our home, in our kids so that at least the next generation is not as messed up in their minds as we are.

It takes imparting moral education regularly to our kids as well as adults to maintain hygiene at all places. Cleanliness is necessary not only to attract the tourists but also making our country a better place to live. We may love the foreign nations for their spotless roads, breathtaking views, and significant cultural habits. We can also be like someone we admire rather than just watching with awe. It is not much pain to keep our streets clean in addition to our house, provided we are determined enough.

I, Manoj Upadhyay, a digital marketer by profession, believe in just that! I cherish each aspect of life, which has driven me to the idea of my blogging website, namely Wandererfoodie.