Also point out that mass tourism is a relatively recent phenomenon in India. The Indian Government has other priorities. Some people in India do not realise the tourism value of their monuments. People need the monuments for housing. They live there because they have nowhere else to go.
Indian cities are crowded and space is in short supply.
It would wasteful not to use the sites of monuments. Some people can make money out of using the monuments. Some people in India think that there are so many monuments that some of them will always remain. Then ask students to consider the situation of monuments in Australia and compare it with the Indian situation. Discuss the reasons advanced in Australia for conservation or re-development.