A visit to India's most famous tourist destination is a lesson in how not to promote tourism

The ugly side of Taj Mahal tourism

'May I help you'

Tourists keep their shoes in the lawn even when expressly asked not to

Uniformed guards harass tourists waiting to get on the battery-operated buses

No information kiosks, no signboards, no lockers where tourists can keep the things they are not allowed to take into the monument

Disinterested officials ignore helpless tourists