How has the state of Haryana used highway services to promote tourism?
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Making journey more interesting than the destination is the philosophy behind the carefully cultivated Highway Tourism in Haryana. Highways, from time-immemorial have been the lifeline of a country. But, what if the highways are utter dry-ways?
The seventh pillar edict of King Ashoka engraved on the Delhi-Topra pillars, presently standing in the Kotla Firoz Shah, reads : "On the road I have had banyan trees planted, which will give shade to beasts and men. I have had mango-groves planted and I have had wells dug and rest-houses built at every eight Kos. And I have had many watering places made everywhere for the use of beasts and men".
Haryana Tourism, a pioneer in Highway Tourism could be credited for the continuation and extension of this age-old tradition in modern times. More often than not, the bounty of fun is as packed on the trail as in the target destination. Some of the landmark highway stopovers like Kingfisher, Oasis complex, Dabchick (Hodal) & Ethnic India and Magpie are among the many other attractive highway destinations offering compact hutments, motels with piped-in channel music, air-conditioned and well-furnished rooms, banquets for marriages, gift shops, conference rooms, fast food counters, Mughal gardens, Japanese gardens, filling stations, mini zoo and recreational facilities like elephant for joy rides and a snake charmer. Travellers in no hurry to rush ahead, can spend good two to three days and unwind on these highway spots.
Following is the list of Tourist Complexes dotting the highways:
NH 1NH 2NH 8NH 10NH 22Kingfisher
(Ambala)Sunbird
(Surajkund)Shama
(Gurgaon)Shikra
(Asa Khera)Yadavindra Garden
(Pinjore)Parakeet
(Pipli)Rajhans
(Surjkund)Jungle Babbler
(Dharuhera)Surkhab
(Sirsa)Red Bishop
(Panchkula)Karna Lake
(Karnal)Badkhal
(Faridabad)Saras
(Damdama Lake)Papiha
(Fatehabad)Jatayu Yatrika
(Mansa Devi)Oasis
(Karnal)Hermitage Huts
(Surajkund)Barbet
(Sohna)Blue Bird
(Hisar)Mountain Quail
(Morni)Skylark
(Panipat)Magpie
(Faridabad)Sultanpur
Bird
SanctuaryFlamingo
(Hisar) Blue Jay
(Samalkha)Aravalli Golf Course
(Faridabad) Tilyar Lake
(Rohtak) Ethnic India
(Rai)Dabchick
(Hodal) Myna
(Rohtak) Deen Bandhu Chaudhary Chhotu Ram Tourist Complex
Chaudhary
Chhotu Ram
Tourist Complex,
Sampla (Rohtak) Neelkanthi
(Kurukshetra)Lakeview Huts
(Faridabad) Gauriyya
(Jhajjar)
Answer:
Haryana state had launched a unique facility to the travellers of its state highways.
Explanation:
To promote tourism, the facilities like compacts hutments, motels with piped-in channel music, fuel filling stations, recreational activity etc. are established by "state government of Haryana". The concept covers eight kilometers of five National Highways "(NH 1, NH 2, NH 8, NH 10, NH 22)" that had developed from New Delhi to Panipat, Faridabad, Hisar, Gurgaon, Rohtak like surroundings of Delhi.