Destination/Circuit development & Management

Paper Code: 
MTB 601
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To educate students about the Destination/Circuit development & Management

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MTB 601

 

Destination/Circuit development & Management

CO 38 To analyze various destination, their phase of development and management.

CO 39  To evaluate destination planning, development criteria and process.

CO 40 To examine specific destination like Goa & Kerala and its PESTAL Analysis. Tourism circuits and tourism regulation

 

 

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

 

9.00
Unit I: 

Tourism Destination: Definition & Concepts. Destination Life Cycle - Initiation, Growth and development of a destination.

Typologies of Destination (Tourism) - Heritage and cultural destinations, Tourist city, Urban & Rural areas, Resorts, Coastal areas, protected areas.

Introduction to important tourist circuits – Golden triangle, Green triangle, southern triangle

8.00
Unit II: 

Planning and development of a destination – Potential analysis, Cost –Benefit analysis, Environmental screening, Carrying Capacity, Environmental monitoring.

Need for Planned Development, Planning Process.

10.00
Unit III: 

Case Study of Kerala (Gods Own Country) and Goa (Go Goa)

10.00
Unit IV: 

Destinations and All the Circuits in Rajasthan (Ajmer-Pushkar-Merta-Nagaur Circuit, Alwar-Bharatpur-Sawai Madhopur Circuit, Bundi-Jhalwar-kota Circuit, Dungarpur-Bunswara Circuit, jodhpur-Jaisalmer-bikaner-barmer Circuit, Mount Abu-Ranakpur Circuit, Udaipur-Rajasmad-Chittorgarh Circuit).

Punjab (Amritsar - Ram Tirath - Sarai Amanat Khan -Wagha Border – Amritsar circuit, Amritsar - Dera Baba Nanak -Qadian-Kala naur-Gurdaspur-Pathankot circuit, Amritsar-Tarn Taran-Hari-Ke-Pattan - Goindwal Sahib - Sultanpur Lodhi - Kapurthala( Kanjli lake) –Jalandhar circuit, Amritsar - Baba Bakala - Kartarpur – Jalandhar circuit, Chandigarh, Ropar (Rup Nagar), Anandpur Sahib, Bhakra - Nangal, Ropar, Chandigarh circuit, Ludhiana - Moga - Ferozepur - Bhatinda - Malout - Muktsar-Faridkot circuit, Patiala-Nabha- Malerkotla - Ludhiana - Fatehgarh Sahib – Chandigarh circuit, Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur, either back to Jalandhar or Ropar-Chandigarh circuit).

Uttar Pradesh (Buddhist Circuit, Bundelkhand Circuit, Braj Circuit, Awadh Circuit, Vindhya-Varanasi Circuit, Wild Life-Eco tourism Circuit)

8.00
Unit V: 

Tourism Regulation & Legislation in India- Passport, Visa, currency regulation, health requirements, Special permits and Antiquities.

Essential Readings: 

International Tourism Management A.K.Bhatia
Tourism Development and Resource conservation Jagmohan Negi
Tourism Development :Principles and Practices Bhatia

References: 

Development of Tourism in India Nafees Khan
Environmental challenges towards Tourism V Dhulasi Birundha
Handbook of Environmental guidelines for Indian Tourism. Ratandeep Singh
Heritage Management Swarnakamal Bhowmik

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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