| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 153 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Environmental science and engineering |
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Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm))
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Geographical Components of Tourism Development -- Cultural Components of Tourism Development -- Types of Tourism and Major Tourists/Pilgrims' Centres -- The Trends of Tourism and Tourists/Pilgrims' Inflow -- Major Tourists/Pilgrims' Circuits -- Case Studies of Important Tourism Routes -- Infrastructural Facilities for Tourism Development -- A Sustainable Homestay Tourism and Its Prospects -- Sustainable Tourism Development: Constraints and Prospects -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book provides a detailed description of sustainable tourism development in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Though the Uttarakhand Himalaya is bestowed with numerous locales of tourists/pilgrims' interests, tourism has not yet been developed substantially. This book describes geographical and cultural components of tourism, major types of tourism and tourist places, tourist/pilgrim circuits, case studies of the important tourists/pilgrims' routes, trends of tourism, development of homestay tourism, development of infrastructural facilities for tourism development, major constrains and prospects of sustainable tourism development, and conclusions. SWOC analysis of tourism activities has been carried out. The book is based on the author's observation of tourism development in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Further, large tourism data was gathered and analyzed, using a qualitative and a quantitative method, and a sustainable tourism model was developed. This book is very useful for students, research scholars, academicians, and policymakers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2021) |
| Subject |
Sustainable tourism -- India -- Uttarakhand
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Cultural geography -- India -- Uttarakhand
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Cultural geography.
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Sustainable tourism
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Manners and customs
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Cultural geography
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Economic geography
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| SUBJECT |
Uttarakhand (India) -- Social life and customs
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Uttarakhand (India) -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
India -- Uttarakhand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3030588548 |
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9783030588540 |
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