Syllabus

Course Code: M-GEO-404 (ii) (elective)    Course Name: Geography of Tourism with Special Reference to India

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Definition, nature, scope and significance of tourism geography.
2. Factors influencing tourism: historical, physical, socio-cultural and economic.
2 3. Motivating factors of tourism: leisure, recreation, spiritual, attraction of site and situation.
4. Infrastructure and support system of tourism accommodation and supplementary accommodation.
3 5. Eco-Tourism potentials in India with reference to northern mountains and plains, peninsula, coastal regions and islands.
6. Impact of tourism: physical, economic and social.
4 7. Environmental laws and tourism.
8. Impact of globalization and foreign capital on tourism development.
9. Government policies for tourism development.
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