Tourism in India : Challenges and Opportunities Book

Contents: Introduction. 1. Role of women in tourism: various aspects/Alokka Dutta. 2. Tourism a development syndrome: study on Orissa/Amulya K. Tripathy and Aamnayi Mishra. 3. Management practices in hospital administration a study of the prominent participants in hospital and hospitality industry in Bangalore and Hyderabad/Bindi Varghese. 4. Tourism in India: emerging strategies/Krishan Gopal. 5. Strategic use of information technologies in the tourism industry/Lakhvir Suneja. 6. Tourism for peace and stability: a case study of Kashmir Valley (India)/Mandira Dutta.7. World heritage sites and promotion of tourism in Tamil Nadu/M. Thilakavathy. 8. Tourism in Barddhaman town West Bengal: constraints and prospects/N.C. Jana. 9. Eco-tourism in Himachal Pradesh: need for a paradigm shift/Ruchi Ramesh. 10. Introduction significance of Parliament Constitutional provisions and tourism/S. Prabhakar. 11. Tourism and regional cooperation in South Asia/Sudhir Kumar Singh. 12. Tourism promotion and marketing in Kerala: the role of educational institutions/Suresh R. 13. Assessment of tourism potential in rural Murshidabad, West Bengal: an empirical study/N.C. Jana and Syfujjaman Tarafder. Bibliography. Index.
 
Tourism has remained neglected in our country due to variety of factors. The process of globalisation has however given new twist to India and we can develop our tourism sector at par with leading countries of the globe. India has the potential to develop varieties of tourism and time has come to develop it at full pace. We will incorporate millions of poor people into the mainstreaming process of development through developing tourism. It is one of the most important possibilities which could help the country usher in new era marked by prosperity in 21st century to ensure sustainable development. We must seize the opportunity. (jacket)