Holiday insurance won't prevent cultural faux pas
Thu, 01 Dec 2005
Holiday insurance may offer protection against hospital expenses but it is unlikely to stop travellers making cultural faux pas.
Travellers planning to visit India's north-western Rajasthan state are being given a set of guidelines to help prevent them acting inappropriately, reports BBC News.
Tourists to the region are being advised not to kiss or hug as well as being urged not to smoke or consumer alcohol in public places.
Local officials hope the advice, which will be distributed at hotels and restaurants, will help "educate foreign tourists about local culture and sensibilities".
Prithvi Raj Sankhla, Ajmer city's sub-divisional magistrate, added: "We have asked hotels and restaurants across the city to hand out the 20-page booklet to tourists as soon as they check in."
He added: "The local administration is also going to be tough on those found to be instigating misguided religious beliefs in the holy town of Pushkar. All we want to do is to sensitise tourists to local cultural values."
The publication of guidelines follows a number of recent faux pas made by visitors including an Israeli couple kissing at their Hindu wedding ceremony and a Finnish woman walking naked. 
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