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Tourist offices
Local Tourist Offices
In addition to the national (Government of India) tourist office, each state also maintains its own tourist office, and this can lead to some confusion. The state tourist offices vary widely in their efficiency and usefulness. Some are very good, some are hopeless.
In many state the tourism ministry also runs a chain of Tourist Bungalows which generally offer good accommodation at very reasonable prices. You can usually find the state tourist office in these bungalows.
The overlap between national and state tourist offices often causes wasteful duplication. Both might produce a brochure on a place A, while neither has anything on place B.
To add to the confusion, in addition to the Government of India tourist office, in many places you will also find an office of the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). The latter is more an actual 'doing' organisation then a 'telling' one. For example, the ITDC will actually operate the tour bus for which the tourist office sells tickets.
The ITDC also runs a series of hotels and travellers' lodges around the country under the Ashok name. States may also have a tourist transport operation equivalent to the national ITDC, so in some cities you might find that there's a national and a state tourist operator as well as a national and state tourist office. Of course, this still doesn't guarantee that you'll be able to find the information you're after.
The Department of Tourism has a Web site www.tourindia.com.
Tourist Offices Abroad
The Government of India Department Tourism maintains a string of tourist
offices in other countries where you can get worth while brochures, leaflets and information. But not all foreign offices are as useful for obtaining information as those within India. There are also smaller 'promotion offices; in Osaka (Japan) and Dallas, Miami, San Francisco and Washington DC (USA).
Australia
Tel: 02-9264 4855, fax 9264 4860
email info info@india.com.au
Level 2, Picadilly, 210 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000
Canada
Tel:416-962 3787, fax 062 6279
60 Bloor St West, Suit No1002,Toronto, Ontario M4W 3B8
France
Tel:01 45 23 30 45, fax 01 45 23 33 45
email info.fr@india-tourism.com
8 Blvd de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
Germany
Tel:069-242 9490, fax 242 94977
email info@india-tourism.com
Baseler Strasse 48 60329, Frankfurt-am-Main
Italy
Tel:02-805 3506, fax 7202 1681
email info.it@india-tourism.com
Via Albricci 9, 20122 Milan
Malaysia
Tel:03-242 5285, fax 242 5301
Wisma HLA, Lot 203 Jalan Raja Chaulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur
Netherlands
Tel:020 6208991, fax 638 3059
email info.nl@india-tourism.com
Rokin 9-15, 1012 KK Amsterdam
Singapore
Tel:0065-235 3800, fax 235 8677
United House, 20 Kramat Lane, Singapore 0922
Sweden
Tel:08-215081, fax 210186
email info.se@india-Tourism.com
Sveavagen 9-11, SIII 57, Stockholm 11157
Thailand
Tel:02-235 2585, fax 236 8411
KFC Bldg, 3rd floor, 62/5 Thaniya Rd, Bangkok 10500
UK
Tel:020-7437 3677, fax 494 1048, 24 hour brochure line ( 01233-211999)
7 Cork St, London W1X 2LN
USA
Tel:212-586 4901, fax 582 3274,
Web site www.tourindia.com
1270 Avenue of the America's, Suite 1808, New York, NY 10020
Tel:213-380 8855, fax380 6111
3550 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 204, Los Angeles, CA 90010
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