For a culturally diverse and vibrantly colourful country like India, the traveller should do everything possible in packing their bags ‘smartly’.  The first and foremost of the things that you need here is an Indian visa which shouldn’t be difficult for the traveller. For the rest of the tips just take a crisp and a brisk look in to the details of ‘smart and worthy’ packing.

1. Tough accessories for a tough travel

The India tourist visa holder should make sure that he has a ‘tough quality’ baggage which doesn’t wear or tear down easily while travelling in India.  Accessories such as a small package consisting of lock-keys, attached chains for a ‘safe’ train travel and secret pockets to keep some money well distributed helps a lot.  Make sure that you are carrying your Indian visa along with identity proofs and your credit cards needed for shopping and rest of the travel.

1. Be informative about the place where you hit first

Some basic necessities that get tagged along with this is a small diary where you can locate various addresses and phone numbers of those contacts that you might develop while journeying in India. Keeping a map route to different places where the India tourist visa holder would visit is a worthy asset. 

1. Clothing according to the tropical climate

Pack comfortable and mostly cotton clothing for yourself. The India visa holder should make sure to carry only a modest number of cotton wear as he/she is surely going to ‘shop’ more once they land in the country.  Therefore, save plenty of space in your bags for that ‘extra-stuff’ that will be purchased or pack an empty hand-bag for the same.

1. Sunshine in India is going to be very generous and bright. So the India tourist visa holder should be very much prepared to pack things necessary to protect themselves from excessive heat and sun-tan.  A brimmed hat,  sun goggles to save your eyes from the scorching sun, soothing cotton wear , cool and soothing fresh wipes to wipe off the dust and sweat, a sun-block lotion or a multi-purpose cream with an SPF of at least 40 can be an immediate requirement as the Indian tourist visa holder steps out in the open.  Again going to places such as the sandy deserts of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan or enjoying summers in Ladakh could be heat friendly. So make sure that the Indian visa holder is properly equipped with the same.

2. As the India tourist visa holder will be travelling enormously, it is important that they carry comfortable and good quality foot wear along with them. Canvas shoes with leather uppers help soak dust and sweat tremendously.  Make sure that you also carry mosquito repellents as the country has many places being infested with mosquitoes due to the humid and sultry weather conditions.  Again carrying a small pack of suitable medicines would be a wise tip for all India tourist visa holders out there.

And last but not the least; don’t forget to carry that wonderful smile of yours as that’s going to be the most powerful asset helping you throughout your journey.