Natural Resources of Tourism

Paper Code: 
MTB 201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Objective : Gain knowledge on existing and potential Natural Tourism resources of India

 

8.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Tourism Product: Definition, Salient features of tourism product, Product life cycle,Local Time, GMT, Time zone, International Date line Tourism Resources of India: Types and their geographical distribution, Climate.

10.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Wildlife Tourism in India- an introduction to wildlife tourism, existing Wildlife

sanctuaries and National Parks-In Northern, Southern , Eastern & Western part of  India.

12.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Desert Tourism – India’s main Desert area and popular destinations .Existing trends in desert tourism.Desert Circuit of Rajasthan.

Beach Tourism- Meaning, Pre requisites of Beach tourism, Important beach tourism destinations in India- Goa ,Karnataka ,Kerala , Orissa.                                             

8.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Island Tourism with reference to Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. An introduction to the destination, its tourism attractions, fairs and festivals, places of interest, formalities to visit.  

7.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Special interest Tourism or Niche Tourism.

Mountain Tourism –Tourist Resource potential in Mountains with reference to

Himalayas.Special interest Tourism or Niche Tourism.

Mountain Tourism –Tourist Resource potential in Mountains with reference to

Himalayas.

Essential Readings: 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                   B.R Tamta

Coastal Tourism and Environment                             Ravi Bhushan Kumar

Lakshadweep                                                            Saigal

Tourism Products                                                        Manoj Dixit and Charusheela Dixit

 

References: 

           

Heritage Management                                                 Swarnakamal Bhowmik

International Tourism Management                            A.K.Bhatia

Nature and Scope of Tourism                                     Praveen Sethi

Tourism Development in India                                   V.P.Sati

Tourism Development :Principles and Practices         Bhatia

Tourism Education                                                      Shashi Prabha,Sharma

Tourism in India : A case study                                  Ram Acharya

Tourism & Travel Management                                  Biswanath Ghosh

 

Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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