What's wrong with India?

Just came back from Delhi for a conference. Not much place I've visited considering the short stay and following the crowd (that means I was well taken care by the conference organiser). When you hear about India, what's come into your mind? Taj Mahal. Yup. That's the only thing I can think of when I was told to go to India. Is that only that place in a big country like India? Well, you may wonder a big country like India had registered only over 6 million tourists in 2012. Compared with China (over 100 millions, Thailand was over 22 millions, and even our beloved Malaysia had 25 million tourists in 2012). So what's gone wrong in India? I do not have the answer. But from my observation in airport and visa application, I could only make an intelligent guess.

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