International Tourism Book

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Global aspects. 3. Global chain. 4. Vital dimensions. 5. Tourism and hospitality. 6. Ticketing and travelling. 7. Package deals. 8. Travellers’ movement. 9. Civil aviation. 10. Global associations. Bibliography.

"Tourism is not an indigenous affair but a global phenomenon. Various countries have concluded many a treaties among themselves in realm of tourism thus making it an international matter. Importance of tourism has made various governments sit up and notice its potential as a huge income generating source.

There has been a sea of change in the tourism two or three decades ago and the tourism today, now it can be seen that tourists are provided with security and every government is particularly serious about preventing any kind of mis-happening with any foreign tourist in their country.

This book is a humble effort to shed some light on all the aspects of international tourism for the benefit of international tourists and policy makers in the host country and consists of detailed and comprehensive analysis to solve the problems countering them and thus ensure the smooth movement of tourists. This work particularly highlights the importance of international tourism, the steps taken and being taken by the governments of respective countries, specific features of particular countries which distinguish one from the other, security arrangements, special ticket facilities, communication facilities and many more facts pertaining to it. This book also talks about the recent dent on tourism due to misbehavior with international tourists and incidents like murders of international tourists which has alerted the governments for restricting further occurrence of similar mishaps." (jacket)