Tourism in Hyderabad: Attractions, Culture, and History

Explore the rich culture, historical attractions, and vibrant tourism scene in Hyderabad. Discover famous landmarks like Golconda Fort, Hussain Sagar, Falaknuma Palace, and Chowmahalla Palace. Immerse yourself in the city's art, music, and festivals. Plan your visit to this diverse and captivating destination.

Tourism about Hyderabad

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION: HYDERABAD ...............................................................................................1
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ASPECT OF DESTINATION .................................................1
TOURISM IN HYDERABAD .......................................................................................................1
TOURISM ATTRACTIONS ..........................................................................................................2
GOLCONDA FORT .......................................................................................................................2
HUSSAIN SAGAR .........................................................................................................................3
FALAKNUMA PALACE ..............................................................................................................3
CHOWMANHALLA PALACE......................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION: HYDERABAD
 Hyderabad is the largest city in the Telangana state of India. It is situated along banks of
Musi river on Deccan Plateau in South India.
 It has dry and tropical wet climate along with plenty of artificial lakes such as 'Hussain
Sagar', 'Himayat sagar' and 'Osman sagar' with an estimate of total 834 ponds and 140
lakes.
 The city is promoted as one of the popular tourism destination of the country due to its
aromatic food as well as for the cultural and infrastructural influences of Nizam
monarchy and blend of Turkish, Mughlai and Arabic influence.
 The city is famous for its historical events and tourism places along with its vast culture,
traditions and developments.
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ASPECT OF DESTINATION
 City is known as the largest contributor to GDP of Indian economy and lies among top
ten Indian cities in terms of most productive metro regions of India.
 Hyderabad is also known as “City of pearls” due to its famous Golconda diamond which
is exported all over the world.
 The cultural arts and music work such as Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi along with North
Indian music and dance, Deccan paintings, patronage of arts by Nizams and Mughals
attracts domestic as well as international tourists.
 A perfect blend of secular India can be seen in Hyderabad as it is one of the most secular
city of the country with mixture of Islamic and Hindu culture.
TOURISM IN HYDERABAD
 A mixture of different cultures gives tourism a great experience of exploring Indian
culture and vast range of festivals, traditions and society with historical touch.
 The city is famous for its historical sites such as Chowmanhalla palace (listed as
UNESCO Asia Pacific heritage site), Charminar and Salar Jung Museum along with
several other places.
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 Global center for trade of diamonds, natural pearls, emeralds and traditional jewelry also
promote business tourism.
 Destination provides cultural attractions like Kalamkari and Nirmal paintings, lacquer
bangles, and other artifacts.
TOURISM ATTRACTIONS
The city is famous for its various tourism attractions such as:
Historical monuments: Famous monuments and places in city such as Golconda fort, Mecca
masjid, Tombs and mosques and lavish palaces attracts architectures as well as tourists.
Religious places: The destination also has remarkable religious destinations of Hindus and
Muslims which witness visitors from different countries as along with the domestic visitors.
Lakes and gardens: The city is also popular for having great number of artificial lakes and
gardens which are developed as popular tourism destinations such as Hussain sagar, Osman
Sagar and Shamirpet lake, national parks and zoological parks.
Planetarium and museums: The destinations such as Salar Jung museum state archaeology
museum , Birla planetarium have antiques and mysteries attracting large number of tourists.
Art and culture: The city also has world's largest film studio cum theme part along with art and
music houses which encourages the international artists and also demonstrate the local art and
heritage concept.
GOLCONDA FORT
 The fort is fortified citadel and is flourished as trade centre of world famous Golconda
diamonds such as pink Daria-i-Noor, Blue hope and colourless Orlov.
 The grandeur and architecture are the primary attractions of the fort but the sound and
light show which demonstrate the rich history of destination are also attractive aspects for
encouraging tourism.
 The unique charm of this Hyderabad destination is further enhanced by surrounding hills
and barren vast lying landscape.
 Fort is also known for magical acoustic system and embedded Rahban cannon, palaces,
factories, secret tunnels, tombs of Islamic architecture, exquisitely carved stones
enhances the beauty of destination and make it one of the popular place for visiting in
Hyderabad.
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HUSSAIN SAGAR
 Another famous destination for visiting in Hyderabad is Hussain Sagar. It is heart shaped
lake which was built by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah.
 The place is fed by Musi river and also have beautiful, huge and monolithic statue of
Gautama Buddha.
 Other popular landmarks and tourism attractions near Hussain Sagar includes Patton tank,
Hussain Sagar thermal power station, Birla mandir and Lumbini park and famous
amusement park Snow world. These attractions plays crucial role in enhancing the
attractiveness of the destination.
 The site is declared as “Heart of the world” by UNWTO on being the largest heart shaped
mark in the world.
 The statue in lake is erected on Gibraltar rock and also separates the Hyderabad city from
its neighborhood.
FALAKNUMA PALACE
 The beautiful palace in Hyderabad belonged to Paigah family and later by Nizam of
Hyderabad.
 The palace is famous and attractive due to its architecture and was designed by English
architect William Ward Marret.
 The walls, furniture as well as ceilings of palace have monogram of Sir Vicar. The
construction of palace with Italian marble along with stained glass windows is an
attractive site and witness great number of tourists.
 The shape of palace is of scorpion whose stings are spread out as wings in north
direction. The Nawabi architecture, embedded attractions such as Zenana Mehal, Gol
Bangla and influences of Tudor and Italian architecture has helped destination to help
strong place in tourism destinations of Hyderabad.
CHOWMANHALLA PALACE
 Also known as Chowmahallat was known as seat of Asaf Jahi dysnasty and as official
residence of Nizams during their rule.
 It is awarded by UNESCO for its cultural heritage conservation, elegance and unique
style.
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 The destination have two courtyards, Dharbar hall, gardens and fountains. The Neo-
classical construction, Mughal domes, Pesian elements such as ornate stucco work
characterizes the attraction points of the building.
 Its past glory, grandeur of rulers and demonstration of their enigmatic living style within
palace contributes as significant factor in promoting the destination as tourism place.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abraham, B., Nagarajan, K. and Thottunkel, A.K., 2016. Ecotourism Economics and
Environment. Educreation Publishing.
Dhavtode, A.G. and Mathew, D.J., 2018. Exploring the use of visual ethnography for the old city
Hyderabad to create an online design experience for the tourist through a digital map
(Doctoral dissertation, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad).
Pandey, A. and Badola, H.K., 2018. Distribution of Rhododendron falconeri Hook. F.(Ericales:
Ericaceae) in Yuksam-Dzongri trekking corridor of Khangchendzonga National Park,
Sikkim, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 10(6). pp.11753-11759.
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