Tourism Resources: Natural & Manmade

Paper Code: 
DBBA 601E
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. Gain knowledge on existing and potential Natural Tourism resources of India

 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

DBBA 601E

Tourism Resources: Natural & Manmade

 (Theory)

 

CO 209 To know about tourism products and their types to be visited in tourism 

CO 210 To know various types of tourism based on nature, their geographical location and importance.

CO 211 To know about Niche Tourism and tourism motivation to visit.

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

 

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Tourism Produc

Tourism Product: Definition, Salient features of tourism product, Product life cycle, Local Time, GMT, Time zone, International Date line Tourism Resources of India: Types and their geographical distribution, Climate.

12.00
Unit II: 
Wildlife Tourism in India

Wildlife Tourism in India- an introduction to wildlife tourism, existing Wildlife
Sanctuaries and National Parks-In Northern, Southern, Eastern & Western part of India.

12.00
Unit III: 
Desert Tourism

Desert Tourism – India’s main Desert area and popular destinations .Existing trends in desert tourism. Desert Circuit of Rajasthan.
Beach Tourism- Meaning, Pre requisites of Beach tourism, Important beach tourism destinations in India- Goa ,Karnataka ,Kerala , Orissa.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Island Tourism

Island Tourism with reference to Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. An introduction to the destination, its tourism attractions, fairs and festivals, places of interest, formalities to visit.

12.00
Unit V: 
Special interest Tourism

Special interest Tourism or Niche Tourism.
Mountain Tourism –Tourist Resource potential in Mountains with reference to Himalayas.

Essential Readings: 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands B.R Tamta
Coastal Tourism and Environment Ravi Bhushan Kumar
Lakshadweep Saigal
Tourism Products Manoj Dixit and Charusheela Dixit

References: 

Heritage Management Swarnakamal Bhowmik
International Tourism Management A.K.Bhatia
Nature and Scope of Tourism Praveen Sethi
Tourism Development in India V.P.Sati
Tourism Development :Principles and Practices Bhatia
Tourism Education Shashi Prabha,Sharma
Tourism in India : A case study Ram Acharya
Tourism & Travel Management Biswanath Ghosh

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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