Sati Sustainable Tourism Development in the Himalaya: Constraints and Prospects

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-58854-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 153 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Environmental Science and Engineering

This book provides a detailed description of sustainable tourism development in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Though the Uttarakhand Himalaya is bestowed with numerous locales of tourists/pilgrims’ interests, tourism has not yet been developed substantially. This book describes geographical and cultural components of tourism, major types of tourism and tourist places, tourist/pilgrim circuits, case studies of the important tourists/pilgrims’ routes, trends of tourism, development of homestay tourism, development of infrastructural facilities for tourism development, major constrains and prospects of sustainable tourism development, and conclusions. SWOC analysis of tourism activities has been carried out. The book is based on the author’s observation of tourism development in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Further, large tourism data was gathered and analyzed, using a qualitative and a quantitative method, and a sustainable tourism model was developed. This book is very useful for students,research scholars, academicians, and policymakers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sati, Vishwambhar Prasad

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Geographical Components of Tourism Development.- Cultural Components of Tourism Development.- Types of Tourism and Major Tourists/Pilgrims’ Centres.- The Trends of Tourism and Tourists/Pilgrims’ Inflow.- Major Tourists/Pilgrims’ Circuits.- Case Studies of Important Tourism Routes.- Infrastructural Facilities for Tourism Development.- A Sustainable Homestay Tourism and Its Prospects.- Sustainable Tourism Development: Constraints and Prospects.- Conclusions.