We went on a short trip to Pushkar (Near Ajmer, Rajasthan) and were shocked by the behaviour and attitude of the shopkeepers in the market area. Except for 2 or 3, all the others were indifferent towards Indian buyers. Everyone seems to be focussing and trying to attract the foreign tourists. There are "Namaste", " Good Morning, " Welcome" everything that the shop keepers feel would attract the foreign tourists to their shops. However, at the same time the Indian tourists are ignored in their own country. Even if we showed interest in buying something, they were not ready to speak and sell their goods to us..Is it because they can extract more money from foreign tourists or that the vendors feel that only Indians are fond of window shopping..Irrespective of the reasons, we felt like expats in our own country..Why arent the Indian tourists treated well in such a holy place like Pushkar in India ?? A look at 90% of the garment shops in those small lanes are even more shocking..they are full of western clothes..Why this discrimination in our motherland ??
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