tourism in india (railways). how it works!!

How Indian Railways work!!

Tourism in India

Tourism in India

Tourism in India

0 Indian Tourism Development Corporation, aka ITDC is a govt. organization.

0 It is an institution for hospitality and tourism-education

0Run by Ministry of Tourism of India0Hotels, Duty-free, travel solution, advertising etc. are

handled by this company.0Market value (current status as of 2014) is Rs.

75,00,00000/- (75 Crore)0Railways are not directly related.

Railway Tourism

0 Railway tourism is taken care of by Ministry of Railways.0 IRCTC is the company that handles this.

0 Important services0 Ticket booking, that enables passenger book tickets

online. 0 Railway PNR enquiry, that enables passengers know the

current status of the booked tickets. 0 Indian Railways integrates all the services of IRCTC and

railways.

How it works?

0 A login ID is required to book tickets at http://www.irctc.co.in, but no login ID is required to check the pnr status of a booked tickets.

0 IRCTC is a huge website serving 100’s of customers at once, be it booking, cancellation or enquiries.

Common Problems

0 IRCTC servers are not fast. So, they can’t cater to millions of users per second.

03rd party vendors exploit the demand for railway tickets.

Conclusion

0 Indian Railways is a great way to travel in India between cities.

0The booking experience needs improvement. 0The railway stations also need improvement.