EDUCATIONAL TOURISM

UCATIONAL TOURISM
 EDUCATIONAL TOURISM

Educational tours are designed to expose young

people to new, challenging situations, and to
encourage them to realize their responsibility to
society at large.

The goal is to "educate the youth with creativity".

 AIM

Educational tourism is all about visiting and then

staying in a foreign country for more than 24 hours
and not more than one year in a row for the purpose
of availing short term language classes, education in
school / universities, vocational and other
specialized courses.
 EDUCATIONAL TOURISM IN
INDIA
 The educational tourism phenomenon that is
attaining universal popularity and jumping on the
bandwagon, people from far-flung corners of the
world.

 India as an important destination for their

educational tours.
India’s Educational tourism is two
ways

 Educational Purpose

 Knowing Culture
BIO-DIVERSITY
 EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
 Highly standardized English is used in various
educational institutions across the country.

 Cost-effectiveness of courses available and a

higher degree of academic standards.

 A range of study tours and student exchange

programs are also facilitated by Indian
universities.
 INDIAN UNIVERSITIES

 There are over 300 Universities.

 427 registered universities in India which

include public (national, state owned and
autonomous) and private universities
 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
COURSES
 Language skill is very essential in the professions
like travel and tourism industry, hotels,
business ,etc.
 Several institutes have started the courses
regarding foreign languages.
 India is rapidly progressing in the field of foreign
languages.
 SCOPE OF FOREIGN
LANGUAGE COURSES IN
INDIA
 Career in foreign languages is a good choice for
a bright future.
 Companies require foreign language expertise
for transactions, reporting and translation of
documents.
 The employment options are available in
teaching, diplomatic services, travel and tourism,
air hostesses ,etc.
 FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES IN
INDIA

 French
 Italian
 German,
 Spanish
 Japanese
 Arabic
 Russian
 Chinese.
 INSTITUTES IN INDIA OFFERING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES
 Majority of the colleges in India have started various courses.

POPULAR INSTITUTES IN INDIA

 JNU in Delhi
 University of Pune
 Benaras Hindu University
 University of Delhi
 Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages in Hyderabad
 Ram Krishna Mission in Kolkata
 Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai.
 Visitors opting for Educational
Tourism in India are entitled to the
following services
 Internationally approved courses at top-rated
Indian universities/colleges/other educational
institutions.

 Comprehensive educational packages at cheap

rates
 Standardized fooding and lodging facility for all
foreign students.

 Flights and visa arrangement at the earliest.

 Special security cover is available for girl

students at all universities and colleges.
 Agri-Tourism

 Agri-tourism could create awareness about rural

life.

 For providing training to future farmers.

 Effectively used as educational and training tool

to train agriculture and line department officers.
 KNOWING CULTURE

 Indian culture has traditional and famous culture

depend on their languages, religions, dance,
music, architecture, food and customs.

 Foreigners interest about knowing Indian

culture.
Religions and spirituality

 India is the birth place of Hinduism, Buddhism,

Jainism and Sikhism, collectively known as
Indian religions.

 Hinduism and Buddhism are the world's third-

and fourth-largest religions.
 FAMILY AND FESTIVELS
 Joint family system.

 Eldest male member is the head in the joint

Indian family system.

 The three national holidays in India,

Independence Day, Republic Day and
Gandhi Jayanti.
 Navratri, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi,
Durga puja, Holi, Rakshabandhan and
Dussehra.

 Several harvest festivals, such as Sankranthi,

Pongal and Onam,"Nuakhai" are also fairly
popular.
Cuisine

 Classified for three,

Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas.

 Indian cuisine can be split into 5 categories —

northern, southern, eastern, western and north-
eastern.
Clothing

 Traditional men's Dhoti, lungi.

 women's wear Sari, churidar

 Performing arts
 kuchipudi performer from Andhra Pradesh.

 well-known folk dances are the bhangra of the Punjab, the bihu of
Assam, the chhau of Jharkhand and Orissa, the ghoomar of Rajasthan,
the dandiya and garba of Gujarat, the Yakshagana of Karnataka and
lavani of Maharashtra and Dekhnni of Goa.

 Eight dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological

elements, have been accorded classical dance status by India's National
Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama.

 These are: bharatanatyam of the state of Tamil Nadu, kathak of Uttar

Pradesh, kathakali and mohiniattam of Kerala, kuchipudi of Andhra
Pradesh, manipuri of Manipur, odissi of the state of Odisha and the
sattriya of Assam.[53][54]
 Music

 The music of India includes multiple varieties of

religious, folk, popular, pop, and classical music.
 India's classical music includes two distinct
styles: Carnatic and Hindustani music.
 Architecture

 Indian architecture encompasses a multitude of

expressions over space and time, constantly
absorbing new ideas.
 Example of Indo-Islamic architecture
 Languages
 National languages are 18. The spoken
languages in India are 347.

 The official languages of India are Hindi,

English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu,
Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi,
Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit.