Major Vs Minor destinations

beach · Nov 21st, 2005, 15:33

Ok. This is about the status of the destinations.
Here’s what we have listed as Major & Minor at Indiamike.

Are there any candidates from the ‘Minor Destinations’ category dashed into the Major category? Also are there any losers in the Major category slipped into the minor’s list??

What do you feel about their current status

Major Destinations http://www.indiamike.com/india/forumdisplay.php?f=16

Agra The Taj Mahal, rising costs, warnings.
Bangalore Do the Pub Crawl in the IT world
Chennai (Madras) Southern India's big city Life
Delhi Questions about New Delhi, hotels, restaurants, and basic survival tips.
Goa Beaches to bars
JaipurThe Pink City, Hotels, Pizza huts, and gems
Kolkata (Calcutta) Surviving the "City of Joy" General tips on Calcutta and the surrounding area.
Mumbai (Bombay)All the glitz of big city life
Varanasi Benares, Kashi, the City of Lights

Minor Destinations http://www.indiamike.com/india/forumdisplay.php?f=18

Andaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair and other islands
Andhra PradeshHyderabad & Secunderabad and surrounding areas.
Gujrat From the big city of Ahmedabad to the beaches of Diu
Himachal PradeshShimla, Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, Manali, and other destinations in the region
Jammu & KashmirDiscuss the safety of Kashmir and life on Dal Lake
Karnataka Mysore, Mangalore, Jog Falls, Hampi, and others
Kerala Kollam, Kochi, Lakshadweep, and other areas
Ladakh & Zanskar Ladakh, Leh, and Trekking
Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh Jhansi, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Sanchi, and other cities in the region
MaharashtraPune, Ellora, Ajanta, Nagpur, and other cities around Mumbai
Orissa Puri, Bhubaneswar, and other areas in Orissa
Punjab & Haryana Share advice and tips on Amristsar, the Golden Temple, and the Punjab area
Rajasthan Generela discussion of all the major cities of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Udaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mt Abu and others.
Sikkim Gangtok, North Sikkim, Trekking, and other areas and activities in Sikkim
Tamil Nadu Mamallapuram, Pondicherry, Auroville, Madurai, Kodaikanal, Ooty, and others
Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lucknow, Varanasi, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Corbett Tiger Reserve
West Bengal Darjeeling and other areas in West Bengal

sudheer poppa · Nov 21st, 2005, 16:17

Kerala and Rajasthan in Minor destinations !!!

Bangalore and Chennai Major destination !!!

lonelyaztec · Nov 21st, 2005, 17:24

Why is bangalore in major destination ???

lonelyaztec · Nov 21st, 2005, 17:28

Beach, i think u reversed the entire thing..

According to me...

Major destinations are

Andaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair and other islands

Gujrat From the big city of Ahmedabad to the beaches of Diu

Himachal PradeshShimla, Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, Manali, and other destinations in the region

Jammu & KashmirDiscuss the safety of Kashmir and life on Dal Lake

Karnataka Mysore, Mangalore, Jog Falls, Hampi, and others

Kerala Kollam, Kochi, Lakshadweep, and other areas

Ladakh & Zanskar Ladakh, Leh, and Trekking

Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh Jhansi, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Sanchi, and other cities in the region

MaharashtraPune, Ellora, Ajanta, Nagpur, and other cities around Mumbai
Orissa Puri, Bhubaneswar, and other areas in Orissa

Rajasthan Generela discussion of all the major cities of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Udaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mt Abu and others.

Sikkim Gangtok, North Sikkim, Trekking, and other areas and activities in Sikkim

Tamil Nadu Mamallapuram, Pondicherry, Auroville, Madurai, Kodaikanal, Ooty, and others

Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lucknow, Varanasi,

Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Corbett Tiger Reserve

West Bengal Darjeeling and other areas in West Bengal

Agra The Taj Mahal, rising costs, warnings.

Delhi Questions about New Delhi, hotels, restaurants, and basic survival tips.

Goa Beaches to bars

JaipurThe Pink City, Hotels, Pizza huts, and gems

Mumbai (Bombay)All the glitz of big city life

Varanasi Benares, Kashi, the City of Lights

Minor Destinations

Bangalore Do the Pub Crawl in the IT world
Chennai (Madras) Southern India's big city Life
Kolkata (Calcutta) Surviving the "City of Joy" General tips on Calcutta and the surrounding area.

This is how i will sort it.

As a tourist destination...i think Chennai and Bangalore....rank way below Delhi and Bombay.

Or, is Chennai / Bangalore / Kolkatta major destination according to you , because, from these places...u can get to all other places.

beach · Nov 21st, 2005, 19:02

yep. me too thought of some mismatch here and there in the list. But then there is nothing like major/minor officialy. So i thought of posting this so that some suggestions and openion would emerge.

Also I think the status of a destination changes with time (more like fashion) .

Kovalam (in Kerala) was boasted as a major tourist place at least in the south. Now it's a scrap yard (becouse) of tourism.

indiamike · Nov 21st, 2005, 19:09

You guys and girls can bang out a new order and I will see what I can do about changing it. I think at the time I wrote it I was just in a rush job to get it online and never really noticed it much.

butterball · Nov 21st, 2005, 19:21

Nice Avatar...

I see a whole NEW destination classification coming up.. !

Tamil Nadu gets some bad press.. But one of my favs..
Orissa - some hidden gems
Rajasthan - OK, loads of touts etc, but surely India's biggest honeypot !
Gujarat - classic
Kerala - how could you miss ?
Chennai -

( sorry .. )
Why only Jaipur ?
Goa.. Yes, but so much more...

How about some kind of poll .. ?

rangers · Nov 21st, 2005, 19:42

Major or minor..doesnt reaaly matter so long what exprience a tourist gets in to him.
At times a minor destination can really provides an elevation of exprience.

So let it go with the soul search..not the category...
smiles for all.

beach · Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:25

yep, sometimes somehow i like the 'minor' destinations. mostly becouse of the absence of the tourist-tout duo & the associated chaos

thirdreel · Nov 23rd, 2005, 06:07

It looks to me like the "Major Destinations" are all cities and "Minor Destinations" are states. So if you wanted information about Jaipur, Rajasthan, you'd look under "Major" and find Jaipur. If you wanted information about Mandawa, Rajasthan, you'd look under "Minor" and post the question in the Rajasthan topic.

They should really only be changed if traffic calls for it--that is, if the Topic "Minor Destinations: Punjab" is overrun by posts about Amritsar, then perhaps Amritsar should have its own "Major Destinations" category. If the "Major Destinations: Bangalore" is empty, no one ever posts to it, then perhaps it should be collapsed into "Minor Destinations: Karnataka." But if the traffic is working, then it's working.

Tomi · Nov 23rd, 2005, 06:14

Just change major to "cities" and minor to "regions" or "provinces," or just merge major and minor. No need to have value judgments.
Then check whether Bangalore, Chennai, etc. get lots of threads and if not just merge them into the regions.

Nov 21st, 2005, 15:33	#1
beach Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India ! Posts: 2,233	Major Vs Minor destinations Ok. This is about the status of the destinations. Here’s what we have listed as Major & Minor at Indiamike. Are there any candidates from the ‘Minor Destinations’ category dashed into the Major category? Also are there any losers in the Major category slipped into the minor’s list?? What do you feel about their current status Major Destinations http://www.indiamike.com/india/forumdisplay.php?f=16 Agra The Taj Mahal, rising costs, warnings. Bangalore Do the Pub Crawl in the IT world Chennai (Madras) Southern India's big city Life Delhi Questions about New Delhi, hotels, restaurants, and basic survival tips. Goa Beaches to bars JaipurThe Pink City, Hotels, Pizza huts, and gems Kolkata (Calcutta) Surviving the "City of Joy" General tips on Calcutta and the surrounding area. Mumbai (Bombay)All the glitz of big city life Varanasi Benares, Kashi, the City of Lights Minor Destinations http://www.indiamike.com/india/forumdisplay.php?f=18 Andaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair and other islands Andhra PradeshHyderabad & Secunderabad and surrounding areas. Gujrat From the big city of Ahmedabad to the beaches of Diu Himachal PradeshShimla, Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, Manali, and other destinations in the region Jammu & KashmirDiscuss the safety of Kashmir and life on Dal Lake Karnataka Mysore, Mangalore, Jog Falls, Hampi, and others Kerala Kollam, Kochi, Lakshadweep, and other areas Ladakh & Zanskar Ladakh, Leh, and Trekking Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh Jhansi, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Sanchi, and other cities in the region MaharashtraPune, Ellora, Ajanta, Nagpur, and other cities around Mumbai Orissa Puri, Bhubaneswar, and other areas in Orissa Punjab & Haryana Share advice and tips on Amristsar, the Golden Temple, and the Punjab area Rajasthan Generela discussion of all the major cities of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Udaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mt Abu and others. Sikkim Gangtok, North Sikkim, Trekking, and other areas and activities in Sikkim Tamil Nadu Mamallapuram, Pondicherry, Auroville, Madurai, Kodaikanal, Ooty, and others Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lucknow, Varanasi, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Corbett Tiger Reserve West Bengal Darjeeling and other areas in West Bengal

Nov 21st, 2005, 16:17	#2
sudheer poppa Senior brick in the wall Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pole Posts: 1,475	Kerala and Rajasthan in Minor destinations !!! Bangalore and Chennai Major destination !!! __________________ We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools - MLK Pic Page 1 Pic Page 2 When my life changed over a week Last edited by sudheer poppa : Nov 21st, 2005 at 19:59.

Nov 21st, 2005, 17:24	#3
lonelyaztec Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,498	Why is bangalore in major destination ??? __________________ Aztec My photoblog

Nov 21st, 2005, 19:42	#8
rangers Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India Posts: 450	leave it to the visitor. Major or minor..doesnt reaaly matter so long what exprience a tourist gets in to him. At times a minor destination can really provides an elevation of exprience. So let it go with the soul search..not the category... smiles for all.

Nov 23rd, 2005, 06:14	#11
Tomi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA Posts: 448	Beach, you're a troublemaker! Just change major to "cities" and minor to "regions" or "provinces," or just merge major and minor. No need to have value judgments. Then check whether Bangalore, Chennai, etc. get lots of threads and if not just merge them into the regions.

Nov 21st, 2005, 17:28	#4
lonelyaztec Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,498	Beach, i think u reversed the entire thing.. According to me... Major destinations are Andaman & Nicobar IslandsPort Blair and other islands Gujrat From the big city of Ahmedabad to the beaches of Diu Himachal PradeshShimla, Dharamsala, McLeod Ganj, Manali, and other destinations in the region Jammu & KashmirDiscuss the safety of Kashmir and life on Dal Lake Karnataka Mysore, Mangalore, Jog Falls, Hampi, and others Kerala Kollam, Kochi, Lakshadweep, and other areas Ladakh & Zanskar Ladakh, Leh, and Trekking Madhya Pradesh & Chhatisgarh Jhansi, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Sanchi, and other cities in the region MaharashtraPune, Ellora, Ajanta, Nagpur, and other cities around Mumbai Orissa Puri, Bhubaneswar, and other areas in Orissa Rajasthan Generela discussion of all the major cities of Rajasthan including Jaipur, Udaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mt Abu and others. Sikkim Gangtok, North Sikkim, Trekking, and other areas and activities in Sikkim Tamil Nadu Mamallapuram, Pondicherry, Auroville, Madurai, Kodaikanal, Ooty, and others Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Lucknow, Varanasi, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Corbett Tiger Reserve West Bengal Darjeeling and other areas in West Bengal Agra The Taj Mahal, rising costs, warnings. Delhi Questions about New Delhi, hotels, restaurants, and basic survival tips. Goa Beaches to bars JaipurThe Pink City, Hotels, Pizza huts, and gems Mumbai (Bombay)All the glitz of big city life Varanasi Benares, Kashi, the City of Lights Minor Destinations Bangalore Do the Pub Crawl in the IT world Chennai (Madras) Southern India's big city Life Kolkata (Calcutta) Surviving the "City of Joy" General tips on Calcutta and the surrounding area. This is how i will sort it. As a tourist destination...i think Chennai and Bangalore....rank way below Delhi and Bombay. Or, is Chennai / Bangalore / Kolkatta major destination according to you , because, from these places...u can get to all other places.

Nov 21st, 2005, 19:02	#5
beach Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India ! Posts: 2,233	yep. me too thought of some mismatch here and there in the list. But then there is nothing like major/minor officialy. So i thought of posting this so that some suggestions and openion would emerge. Also I think the status of a destination changes with time (more like fashion) . Kovalam (in Kerala) was boasted as a major tourist place at least in the south. Now it's a scrap yard (becouse) of tourism.

Nov 21st, 2005, 19:09	#6
indiamike Retired Admin Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New Joisey for now Posts: 1,759	You guys and girls can bang out a new order and I will see what I can do about changing it. I think at the time I wrote it I was just in a rush job to get it online and never really noticed it much.

Nov 21st, 2005, 19:21	#7
butterball Mine's a Haywoods... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: London.. sometimes.. Posts: 689	Nice Avatar... I see a whole NEW destination classification coming up.. ! Tamil Nadu gets some bad press.. But one of my favs.. Orissa - some hidden gems Rajasthan - OK, loads of touts etc, but surely India's biggest honeypot ! Gujarat - classic Kerala - how could you miss ? Chennai - ( sorry .. ) Why only Jaipur ? Goa.. Yes, but so much more... How about some kind of poll .. ?

Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:25	#9
beach Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India ! Posts: 2,233	yep, sometimes somehow i like the 'minor' destinations. mostly becouse of the absence of the tourist-tout duo & the associated chaos

Nov 23rd, 2005, 06:07	#10
thirdreel Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Detroit, MI, USA Posts: 283	It looks to me like the "Major Destinations" are all cities and "Minor Destinations" are states. So if you wanted information about Jaipur, Rajasthan, you'd look under "Major" and find Jaipur. If you wanted information about Mandawa, Rajasthan, you'd look under "Minor" and post the question in the Rajasthan topic. They should really only be changed if traffic calls for it--that is, if the Topic "Minor Destinations: Punjab" is overrun by posts about Amritsar, then perhaps Amritsar should have its own "Major Destinations" category. If the "Major Destinations: Bangalore" is empty, no one ever posts to it, then perhaps it should be collapsed into "Minor Destinations: Karnataka." But if the traffic is working, then it's working.

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