Foreign tourists walk barefoot at Taj Mahal, Archaeological Survey of India reacts after pic goes viral
India TodayA group of foreign tourists was seen walking barefoot at the Taj Mahal, with their shoes in their hands. Talking to India Today, a senior ASI official said that no such case has been brought to the notice of ASI and the tourists featured in the viral photos may have chosen to walk barefoot instead of wearing shoe covers. He said that there is a provision to give every foreign tourist a welcome kit at the Taj Mahal gate which contains a pair of shoe covers and a water bottle. Meanwhile, expressing his dismay at the scene, Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber secretary Vishal Sharma said that the shoe covers for foreign and domestic tourists has always been a point of contention between the Agra Development Authority and the local tourism organisations. He said that recently, the Agra Divisional Commissioner had announced that every tourist, whether foreign or Indian, would be given a free shoe cover, but the tourists who were walking barefoot at the monument with their shoes in their hands were clearly not given shoe covers, forcing them to walk barefoot.
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