Prospects and Problems of Tourism Industry in Uttarakhand

Tourism Dimensions Innovations, Challenges & Opportunities, Edition: 1st, Chapter: 32, Publisher: INDU BOOK SERVICES, Editors: S.P. Bansal, Prashant Gautam, Sandeep Walia, pp.277-284

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Gaurav Rana

University of Delhi - Shri Ram College of Commerce; Tata Consultancy Services; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Suneel Kumar

Shaheed Bhagat Singh (E) College (Delhi University)

Date Written: January 30, 2016

Abstract

The Himalayan region in India remains a popular tourist destination as it attracts massive inflow of tourist round the year. The present study is focused on Uttarakhand as it provides both adventures and pilgrimage tourism along with educational tourism which made it one of the most important regions of Himalaya in terms of tourism. The state of Uttarakhad is divided in to two divisions the North-Western division is known as Garhwal and South-Eastern division is known as Kumaon. It is a hill state with beautiful forest and snowcapped mountains and sacred pilgrimage spot which attract tourists altogether.

It is a developing state and tourism plays an important role for generating the employment opportunities which provides source of living to local community.

The tourism industry in the state creates environmental and socio economic consequences. The mountain tourism requires major concern as the massive infrastructural developmental activities are occurring for the promotion of tourism with even estimating the tourism carrying capacity. The present study is focused to understand the general framework of tourism management for understanding problem’s related to the region’s requirement with “S” curve analysis and destination discontinuity for shifting the inflow of tourists from one destination to another destination for make this region a popular spot for tourists.

Keywords: Himalayan Tourism, Management of Tourism, S Curve, Destination Discontinuity, Himalayan T-Sunami

Suggested Citation

Rana, Gaurav and Kumar, Suneel, Prospects and Problems of Tourism Industry in Uttarakhand (January 30, 2016). Tourism Dimensions Innovations, Challenges & Opportunities, Edition: 1st, Chapter: 32, Publisher: INDU BOOK SERVICES, Editors: S.P. Bansal, Prashant Gautam, Sandeep Walia, pp.277-284 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3017392 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3017392

Gaurav Rana (Contact Author)

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Suneel Kumar

Shaheed Bhagat Singh (E) College (Delhi University) ( email )

Sheikh Sarai-II, New Delhi-17
New Delhi
New Delhi, Delhi 110017
India

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