<p>Tourism has taken a backseat in Bihar due to bad roads. The issue of bad roads, which RJD chief Nitish Kumar used as a plank to win a second term in the 2010 Bihar Assembly polls, has come to the fore again.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bad condition of roads connecting important places where a majority of people from Buddhist and Jain communities live, has taken the state’s image among tourists to a new low. Foreign tourists reportedly have started giving a negative feedback of their travel experience in these parts.<br /><br />The Bihar Tour and Travels Association has asked the government to improve the roads in Buddhist and Jain tourism sites.<br /><br />“Roads are so bad that they leave a bad impression upon tourists,” said association general secretary K P Singh on Tuesday.<br /><br />Singh said several Buddhist and Jain pilgrim centres in the state are inaccessible due to bad roads. The 22-km stretch from Nawada to Kaolat waterfall is in a state of disrepair, he added.<br /><br />“Some tourists prefer to walk instead of travelling by car,” he said. However, roads in Bodh Gaya and Nalanda are good. Accommodation facilities at most tourist destinations are also in a bad shape.<br /></p>
<p>Tourism has taken a backseat in Bihar due to bad roads. The issue of bad roads, which RJD chief Nitish Kumar used as a plank to win a second term in the 2010 Bihar Assembly polls, has come to the fore again.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bad condition of roads connecting important places where a majority of people from Buddhist and Jain communities live, has taken the state’s image among tourists to a new low. Foreign tourists reportedly have started giving a negative feedback of their travel experience in these parts.<br /><br />The Bihar Tour and Travels Association has asked the government to improve the roads in Buddhist and Jain tourism sites.<br /><br />“Roads are so bad that they leave a bad impression upon tourists,” said association general secretary K P Singh on Tuesday.<br /><br />Singh said several Buddhist and Jain pilgrim centres in the state are inaccessible due to bad roads. The 22-km stretch from Nawada to Kaolat waterfall is in a state of disrepair, he added.<br /><br />“Some tourists prefer to walk instead of travelling by car,” he said. However, roads in Bodh Gaya and Nalanda are good. Accommodation facilities at most tourist destinations are also in a bad shape.<br /></p>