Swiss Musings - The writing is on the wall!

For a class that starts at 9 AM, I unintentionally wake up at 8 AM and enter the class at 8.45 AM, unlike my normal behaviour of barging in at 9.15, to the dismay of the profs. The day I am early, I feel it was a conscious effort by me. That is how the biggies in India feel these days. The turn of the century was actually guided by some sound economic policies by the strongest economies of the world. This in turn helped India propel into recognition. But how much are we going to attribute this to the result of sound decision-making?

Take the case of tourism. I am quite new to western way of living. But my aspiration to tour Swiss is made so easy. I browse through the Internet, get the best deal for flight; browse through the hotels across Zurich, email a few of them giving the details and the reservation is done. Since I hold a Shengen visa, I need not get a visa to travel to Swiss (this is the advantage of unity in diversity!).

The commute across Swiss is made easy by the purchase of a single pass that is valid for any mode of transportation: train, cable car, ferry and bus. The important destinations are well connected to the amazement of the visitors. And the most important of all, any place that one visits in Swiss, one is likely to find couple of very well maintained restrooms.

This is how tourism as an industry should be nurtured. As India is being spoken of at all levels across the world, people are naturally going to be interested in visiting the vast lands of India. It is time for the biggies to see the writing on the wall!

Me - Sami