Terrible 'terror tourism' in Mumbai

The storming of the now deserted Nariman House (Chabad House) of the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch movement, by Islamist gunmen one year ago left six Jews dead.

True, the terrorist attacks have significantly reduced tourism to Mumbai this year, but a micro-industry calling itself "terror tourism" has spawned in its wake.

Mumbai's unofficial, unlicensed, self-styled tour operators and guides, you know the dozens that pester you to see this and buy that, are picking up tourists "by air-conditioned mini-buses or taxis from convenient locations like Churchgate or the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) or even their hotels nearby, and [taking them] around to Nariman Point, Colaba, then to CST and up to Chowpatty, covering all the 13 sites the Pakistani terrorists attacked on November 26, 2008," says a Hindustan Times article.

"Yes, we have heard of such alleged guided tours but these are not recognized and are done by fly-by-night operators," Serena Franklin, president of Tourist Guides Association of Mumbai, which is recognized by the central tourism ministry, told HT.