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. Also ask students to consider which of these factors could slow urbanisation in other countries and, in particular, in Australia. Then ask students to put themselves in the position of advisors to the Indian Government, which has asked for advice about how to continue to slow urbanisation.