The bad impact of 9/11 factor on the international tourism didn’t continue for long as the organizations, such as Hotels, Tour Promoters etc., involved in promoting tourism adopted such conservation and booster measures and green practices that they were able to recoup the revenues loss and falling occupancies in the succeeding years. In India, terrorism continues to pose a serious threat in Jammu and Kashmir. Frequent curfews and strict security measures helped to ensure that hardly any tourists came to the valley and the famous houseboats on its Lakes found deserted since 1990. The number of tourists started dwindling after insurgency and the tourism almost came to naught from 1989-1990 onwards due to the turmoil situation in the State. However, the efforts of the government and the contribution of the Security forces ensured that Jammu and Kashmir is again on the tourism map. The influx of the tourists in the State has increased manifold in the recent past. This book deals with the historical survey of the State, analyses the worst of global terrorism, traces out the roots and present status about the terrorism in J&K, makes an updated and comprehensive survey about tourism in J&K till July 2005, examines the impact of terrorism on J&K tourism and finally makes the reader understand the latest developments in the State of Jammu and Kashmir with regard to tourism. The study goes to prove that there is very little impact of terrorism on the performance of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Rajan
Major P. Rajan is a Post-Graduate in Defence Studies from University of Madras, Diploma in Creative Writing in English from Indira Gandhi National Open University, and a Master of Philosophy in Tourism Management from Madurai Kamaraj University. During his twenty years of army service, the officer has travelled almost all parts of the country and served in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in Baramulla District in 1990-1991, Kathua District in 1992-1993, Tral Valley of Pulwama District in 1997-1999, took part in Operation Vijay in Kargil (Kaksar Sub-Sector) in 1999 and presently posted somewhere in Jammu District. The present work entitling "Impact of Terrorism on Jammu and Kashmir Tourism-A Case Study Analysis" was submitted to the Madurai Kamaraj University in partial fulfillment for award of the degree of Master of Philosophy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. Soundararajan
Dr. R. Soundararajan, Professor of History and Academic-Coordinator, Department of Tourism Managment, Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University is a Post-Graduate rank holder in History (1976) and M.Phil from Bangalore University, Diploma in Archaeology (1981), B.Ed. (1985) and Ph.D. in 1992. To his credit, he has attended several National Level conferences, presented around 16 Research papers, and contributed courseware material to Madurai Kamaraj University and Karnataka State Open University, Mysore on various subjects. He has authored six books and broadcast subject expert speech on 36 titles, through All India Radio, and produced 30 M.Phil scholars in History. He has also served as Deputy Director, Open University, D.d.E., Madurai Kamaraj University for six years (1997-2003) and presently working as Academic-Coordinatory, Tourism Department.
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