India's tourism: a paradoxical product

Chaudhary, Manjula

doi:10.1016/s0261-5177(97)84225-2

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“…Uttaranchal, the newly formed state in the Himalayas, records the highest tourist inflows (49%) among them (see Table 4). Concomitant issues of limited accommodation, excess waste, traffic bottlenecks and congestion, over-crowding and scarce amenities compromise the long-term sustainability of the destination (Chaudhary 1996;Singh 1998;Kuniyal 2002;Sekhar 2003) besides impacting product and quality standards, negatively. This besets a trend of inverse functioning of price value and quality standards.…”

Section: India's Domestic Tourism-salient Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This resulted in the gradual erosion, alongside progressive misbalance, of the system. Unfortunately, religiosity has assumed fatal dimensions, both within the country as also world over, threatening the sodal ordering and economy of the country (Juergensmeyer 1996) in general, and consequently vernacular and international tourism (Chaudhary 1996).…”

Section: Vernacular Tourism Systems Of India-a Brief Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The success of vernacular tourism practices, essentially in the context of sustainability, rested in the fact that individual or personal growth contributed to community wellbeing, and that it took place within the natural and cultural contexts. It is, perhaps, with this perspective that Chaudhary (1996) proposes that 'context-sensitive handling' is crucial to resolving the paradox of tourism in India. Stevens and Morris (2001) refer to this as 'communitarian grassroots development', as they advocate for ethical cooperation, among all participants, or shareholders, for individual and collective benefit.…”

Section: Vernacular Tourism Systems Of India-a Brief Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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India's Domestic Tourism: Chaos / Crisis / Challenge?

Singh

2004

Tourism Recreation Research

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Tourism occurs within a system. While contemporary models of the tourism system are useful in understanding the dynamics of international tourism, it is found that these models fall short of explaining the system of conventional tourism in India. This paper explores the conventional system of vernacular tourism with the purpose of establishing the contextual nature of these practices. This examination assists in asserting that a value-based context is an indispensable factor in the sustainable development of tourism in India. In conclusion, it is asserted that India's domestic tourism is currently in a state of chaos, perpetuated by the imposition of modern tourism on pre-modern vernacular tourism that has the potential of developing into a crisis. The article ends with a plea for the formulation of an appropriate policy for domestic tourism, befitting the sustainable development paradigm.

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Section: India's Domestic Tourism-salient Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vernacular Tourism Systems Of India-a Brief Analysismentioning

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Section: Vernacular Tourism Systems Of India-a Brief Analysismentioning

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India's Domestic Tourism: Chaos / Crisis / Challenge?

Singh

2004

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…India has largely failed to develop any 'package' tourism industry except at places such as the former Portuguese colony of Goa and more recently in the state of Kerala. It has been acknowledged that contemporary tourism in India faces an image problem due in part to poor accommodation, transport and sanitary conditions as well as tiresome bureaucracy and political uncertainty (Chaudhary, 1996). Nevertheless, India has 166 Current Issues in Tourism…”

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“…India's tourism also has a marked seasonality, focused on October to March (Ministry of Tourism and Culture, 2003). In the early 1990s, India's tourism witnessed growth rates well above average world figures (Chaudhary, 1996). Tourist growth rates have now slowed and international arrivals have not kept pace with global rates of increase despite the economic liberalisation that has taken place.…”

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Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park

Hannam

2005

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Tourism flows between India and Singapore

Yahya

2003

Journal of Tourism Research

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The tourism industry has become increasingly important as a source of revenue and employment for countries in Southeast Asia. Within the Southeast Asian region, intraregional travel has also seen an upsurge since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. More attention is also being paid to attract other Asian tourists from China, India, Japan and South Korea to the region. Competition to be tourism hubs in the region has seen countries such as Singapore developing an array of incentives to entice inbound foreign tourists to its shores. The aim of this paper is to examine the growing importance of India as a source of inbound tourists for countries in Southeast Asia and in particular Singapore. India is an apt case study because of its long historical and cultural links with the region. Another main motivation for examining inbound tourists from India is India's engagement with the Southeast Asian region through its 'Look East' policy. Following from its economic reforms and liberalisation of 1991, India has sought to strengthen economic links with ASEAN member states through a range of economic sectors including tourism. The 1991 Indian economic liberalisation has also created an upsurge of Indian business travellers who are exploring investment and business opportunities in the Southeast Asian region. With India's economic liberalisation of 1991, an expanding middle class has come to view foreign travel as a necessity. In turn, ASEAN member states, such as Singapore in particular, which is heavily dependent on its services sector, including tourism, for revenue, have chosen to regionalise its tourism operations by collaborating and investing in projects in India to woo more Indian tourists. Competition in the tourism sector among ASEAN countries has increased the urgency for Singapore to reinvent itself to attract foreign tourists and implement a number of initiatives to maintain its share of the tourism market.

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India's tourism: a paradoxical product

Cited by 10 publications

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India's Domestic Tourism: Chaos / Crisis / Challenge?

India's Domestic Tourism: Chaos / Crisis / Challenge?

Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park

Tourism flows between India and Singapore

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