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Natural Resources of Tourism | Tourism and Aviation

Natural Resources of Tourism

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Paper Code: 
GBTM 306
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

  1. Gain knowledge on existing and potential Natural Tourism resources of India

 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

GBTM 306

 

Natural Resources of Tourism

(Theory)

 

 

CO 100  Discuss the concept of tourism product and their classification.

CO 101  Describe the Wildlife Tourism in India & abroad.

CO 102 Describe desert & beach Tourism in India & abroad.

CO 103  Explain island tourism and destination attraction worldwide.

CO 104  Explain Niche Tourism on global level.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
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.

12.00
Unit II: 

Wildlife Tourism in India- an introduction, concepts, activities included, impact of wildlife tourism ; wildlife management. Sanctuaries and National Parks-In Northern, Southern , Eastern & Western part of India

12.00
Unit III: 

Desert Tourism – Concept, 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. Maharashtra, Pondicherry..

12.00
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.

12.00
Unit V: 

Special interest Tourism or Niche Tourism: Meaning, classification, driving forces for SIT market, growth niches, adventure tourism elements. Classification, (air, water, land )
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

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