Human Resource Development in Tourism: Principles and Practices by Dr. Sampad Kumar Swain is an extremely valuable addition to the extant literature in the area of tourism HRD which as of now is lean and superficial. While the roots of the books could be traced back to the author’s doctoral thesis, it is not all that pedantic: it could as well serve as a compendium of the present level of knowledge in the area. Though the research orientation makes the author ...