Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development

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Tourism is making tremendous headway in many countries of the world including India. Growth of tourism brings benefits to an economy in a number of ways such as generation of income, expansion of employment opportunities, mobilization of foreign exchange, social integration, cultural transformation and development of commerce. The ministry of Tourism, Government of India, functions as the nodal agency for the development of tourism within the country and for attracting foreign tourists. It has now come out with a National Tourism Policy which pledges, inter alia, to make tourism and travel an important instrument for sustainable human development, poverty alleviation, and employment generation. The present book is designed in such a manner as to bring together service providers in the tourism industry, government officials, policy makers, researchers and academia for sharing experience and generating new knowledge in the thrust area of tourism. The book contains articles written by eminent personalities hailing from all these categories. The subject matter dealt with in the book includes planning and development of sustainable tourism products, tourism personnel, eco-tourism and adverse effects of tourism. The book lays special emphasis on econ-tourism the book lays special emphasis on ecotourism and eco-friendly infrastructure. It underscores the need for using natural resources in a sustainable manner so as not to disturb the rich socio-cultural fabric of India. Taking into account the importance of tourism industry, the editors have taken utmost care in selecting papers for this volume which are focused on new paradigms of tourism marketing, eco-tourism and evil effects of tourism from an international perspective, giving emphasis on Indian environment. The 28 articles included in the book are categorized in 6 theme parts, each part dealing with a particular aspect of tourism industry. Besides, there is an appendix to the book which gives detailed information about career opportunities and courses pertaining to tourism industry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR G. Raju

Dr. G. Raju is Reader in the Department of Commerce, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. He qualified himself as UGC JRF in 1998. He is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Business Studies and the Co-ordinator of the Alumni Association, Department of Commerce. He is an approved Research Guide in the Faculty of Commerce. Presently, he is a Member of P.G. Board of Studies in commerce and Faculty of Management. He has teaching experience of more than 14 years at the Post-graduate level. He has authored one book and published 20 research papers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Sarngadharan

Dr. Sarngadharan secured his M.Com. degree with first class first rank from the University of Kerala (1975) and Ph.D. from the University of Calicut (1986). He has been teaching at the Post-graduate level for the past 30 years and carrying out research activities for the last 25 years. He has been a Professor since 1993 and Head of the Department of Commerce at the University of Kerala since 1994. He has served as Administrator of the SNDS Trust, Sivagiri, with the powers of the full Board, taken over by the Government of Kerala for Management for two years (1997-99). He has authored 12 books and 367 articles. He has also served as Dean, Faculty of Commerce and as Member, Senate, University of Kerala. Presently, he is a Member of the Senate, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi; Member, Academic Council and Chairman, P.G. Board of Studies in Commerce, University of Kerala; and Member, Curriculum Committee, VHSC, Government of Kerala, under the Chairmanship of State Minister for Education. He has participated in several International Conferences and visited Spain, UK, Singapore, Malaysia and Nepal. He is the Chief Editor of Journal of Business Studies, published from Trivandrum.