Tourism Resources and Product (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24MTM126
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to comprehensively know about tourism resources encompassing natural, cultural & built environment.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Course outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

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Course Code

Course Title

24MTM126

 

Tourism Resources and Product

(Theory)

 

CO31: Explain concept of  the tourism products and their importance.

CO32: Appraise the architectural aspects of various heritage sites.

CO33: Analyze cultural aspects of museums, gallaries & importance of fair and festinal.

CO34: To analyze the various hills stations & wild life Sanctuaries of India.

CO35: Appraise the beaches, disert & island as natural tourism resources.

CO36: Engage in continuous and comprehensive learning.

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical

 

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
 

 

10.00
Unit I: 

Tourism    Products:   

Definition, Concept, Characteristics    and Classification. Natural resources of India, Cultural Heritage of India — Stages of evolution, continuity Heritage - Meaning, Types of Heritage Tourism, Heritage Management Organizations.

14.00
Unit II: 

Architectural Heritage of India:

glimpses on the prominent architecture style - Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic. Popular Religious shrines of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Muslim and Christian religions .World Heritage Sites in India.

12.00
Unit III: 

Important Museum, Art Galleries and Libraries, fair & festival of India: Performing art of India: classical dances, folk dances and folk culture Handicrafts and textiles: important handicraft objects and centers, craft, melas, souvenir industry. Fairs and Festivals: Social, religious and commercial fairs of tourist significance. Indian cuisine (gastronomy), regional variation.

 

11.00

Wildlife Tourism & Hill stations:

Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks and Natural Reserves in India (Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Valley of Flowers, Kanha, Kaziranga, Dachigam, Ranthambhore and Keoladeo Ghana). Hill Stations: Study of Hill Station attractions and their environs with case studies of Mussoorie, Nainital and Ooty.

13.00
Unit V: 

Beach tourism:

Beaches in India- Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Maharashtra, Pondicherry. Desert Tourism – Concept, India’s main Desert area and popular destinations .Existing trends in desert tourism. Desert Circuits of Rajasthan.  Island Tourism with reference to Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. 

Essential Readings: 
  • A.L. Basham, A Cultural History of India
  • A.L. Basham, The Wonder that was India
  • Dixit Manoj & Charu Sheela,Tourism Products of India New Royal Publishers (2006) Lucknow,
  • S.P. Gupta, Krishna Lai and Mahua Bhattacharya, Cultural Tourism in India

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • H.K. Kaul, Travellers Indian
  • Percy Brown,  Indian Architecture
  • S. Huntington, The Art of Ancient India
  • S. Punja, Museums of India

 

E-resources

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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