Ruchita Saxena

B.Arch
Sem9-A
A8304012011
PREFFERED TOPICS FOR THESIS1.HOTEL
In the modern times, the way people spend their vacations has undergone a great change. People like
to spend good times with family and friend while at the same time exploring various tourist places
across the globe. As a result the tourism industry across the globe has seen an unprecedented growth
which in turn has also resulted in tremendous growth in the hotel and accommodation facilities.
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic
accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a
washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms
and air conditioning or climate control. Now, the hotels are not just a place to rest but it is a part of the
destination. Tourism is mainly carried out for recreational and leisure purposes. Hotels are important
globally as providing the facilities for recreation and entertainment, meeting and conferences and
business transmission.

2.ECO RESORT
Eco-resorts are a different setting of tourist accommodations unlike the conventional resorts which
depend on the site and the natural resources for it sustenance and gradually end up depleting the
resources and damaging the natural landscape of the place. An eco-resort protects the environment,
benefits local communities, and helps guests learn about the local surroundings. These are low impact
designs that allow you to visit but with the least impact possible on the local environment where the
eco resorts are located. It is a resort area for eco tourists that have been specifically built with all the
best interests of nature, wildlife and the local people at heart. Eco-resorts are not just for leisure but
offer the tourist a complete eco-experience
Ecotourism appeals to a wide range of travellers, of all ages and interests. Travelers who choose
ecotourism are responsible consumers interested in social, economic and environmental sustainability.
Seeking authentic local experiences and opportunities to give back to the communities they visit,
many eco-tourists participate in voluntarism activities. Increasingly, eco-tourists are also seeking to
minimize the carbon footprint of their travel, traveling with climate in mind by planning wisely and
choosing consciously.
The resort with recreational facilities possesses wide range of scope. . A well-synchronized and
planned eco resort, which caters the modern amenities as per the requirement of the visitors, is a
present need. If we analyse the present trend of internal resort tourism and need of leisure place, then
it is acceptable to have multifunctional resort, which not only focus on overnight stay but also concern
in day services too. For internal visitors, there is no trend of going hotels in weekend, due to their

location on core urban area. They intend to go some distance far from city so that they can enjoy the
environment and freshness there. Hence, resort tourism can provide best solution to internal tourism.
For external tourism, it will function as a luxurious resort which provides all the facilities within its
boundary so as to make their stay pleasing and exotic.
3.MAGH MELA : A TEMPORARY CITY
Among the many complex interactions between humans and water in the Ganges river basin, perhaps
none is more awe-inspiring than the religious festival of Kumbh Mela, which every twelve years hosts
the largest single-purpose gathering of people on the planet, with an estimated 2 million temporary
residents and 100 million total visitors in 2013. History of this spectacular event, as well as the
smaller annual Magh Mela explains why even though it is temporary, the huge tent settlement that
supports these festivals is not the "instant city" it is often described as, but instead a microcosm of
settlement patterns across the whole Ganges.
Dangling at the tip of the Ganga-Jamuna Doab, where the Lower Ganges Canal system terminates, the
city of Allahabad overlooks the confluence of the Ganges and Jamuna rivers. While the Jamuna, to the
south of the city, runs deep and narrow, the Ganges, to the north and east of the city, runs shallow and
wide. Where these two rivers meet (and a third mythical river, the Saraswati), is known as
the Triveni or Sangam, the most sacred site within Hinduism.
The Uttar Pradesh government annually makes special arrangements for the devotees during this time.
very year during the month of Magh(January-February) Allahabad hosts Magh Mela and erects a
temporary city for millions of people to bathe at the confluence of the Ganges, Jamuna, and Saraswati
rivers. Streets are laid out in a grid, pontoon bridges connect the banks of the Ganges with sandbars,
and plumbing is laid to supply water for millions of pilgrims. And it all seems to happen so fast. After
the deluge of the southwest monsoon (June-August), the waters of the Ganges and Jamuna slowly
start to recede. A city grid is tattooed into the banks and shoals of the Ganges. Tents and temples pop
up in October. Pontoon bridges stretch from one bank of the river to the other and pilgrims begin to
arrive in January. Then come reporters and camera crews from all over the world, who come to
document the life of what must at first appear to be the worlds largest Instant-Mega-City: a
temporary tent city with the major infrastructure of a metropolis.It is a methodically planned
ephemeral city. To make this happen, government officials collaborate with public health workers
and akharas (religious orders, sects) to organize the physical layout of the temporary city. While at
first glance it might have the ephemeral qualities of a pop-up city, its deep structure is that of a
carefully planned metropolis in an ephemeral and dynamic landscape. It is ephemeral and dynamic,
but it is not instant. The Kumbh and Magh Melas are so regularly timed that they just seem part of the
annual cycle of the Ganges to residents of Allahabad.