RAS question
Rajasthan Tourism Policy promotes:
Correct answer: (C) Heritage, desert, wildlife, rural and spiritual tourism.
Rajasthan Tourism Policy promotes heritage, desert, wildlife, rural and spiritual tourism rather than limiting itself to a single tourism segment.
Explanation
Rajasthan Tourism Policy is framed around Rajasthan’s varied tourism base, so the right answer is the combined category: heritage, desert, wildlife, rural and spiritual tourism. This includes forts and palaces for heritage tourism, desert tourism, wildlife tourism such as Ranthambore, rural or eco-tourism, and spiritual tourism. The official Rajasthan Tourism Unit Policy-2024 supports this broad approach by defining multiple eligible tourism units, including eco-tourism units, rural tourism units, desert parks within amusement parks, heritage hotels and heritage properties in forts, palaces, havelis and similar older buildings, and health resorts offering yoga and meditation. That policy design shows why the answer is not a narrow sector such as only industrial, medical or beach tourism.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Industrial tourism alone is too narrow because the policy framework covers heritage, desert, wildlife, rural or eco-tourism and spiritual tourism.
- (B) Medical tourism alone does not fit the policy’s breadth; Rajasthan Tourism Policy includes several tourism forms, and the official policy definitions include heritage, eco-tourism and rural tourism units beyond health-related facilities.
- (D) Beach tourism is not the answer because the Rajasthan-focused policy covers heritage, desert, wildlife, rural and spiritual tourism, not a beach-only model.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan tourism geography and state policy priorities. It recurs in RAS because tourism links physical geography, cultural heritage and government development policy in one applied topic.