ABOUT THE COURSE:This course offers a spatial perspective of tourism phenomenon, and enables students to comprehend its nature, factors responsible and relations to wider economic development process. It takes students from a conceptual understanding of geography of tourism through its regional and world patterns and impacts to the level of the role that policy and planning play in tourism development. Students would learn how cultural heritage and tourism are interrelated and influence one another.INTENDED AUDIENCE:This is a relevant course for Undergraduate Students of Geography. In addition, various courses of Tourism and Transport, Tourism and Hospitality and similar course are taught at several universities and institutes and hence the course is open to all such students.PREREQUISITES:The course is planned for a multidisciplinary background set of students to enable them to learn spatial perspective on tourism and its associated factors and sectors. It intends to offer a holistic view of geography of tourism: i) to introduce students on nature and scope of geography of tourism; ii) to explain the students about trends in and tourism as an industry; iii) to introduce students about models of ecotourism and its impacts; and iv) to acquaint the knowledge of sustainable tourism development planning. Students with diverse backgrounds will benefit from this course.INDUSTRY SUPPORT:It can benefit students of Tourism Management and Development as course offered by various industry run institutes.

Syllabus

Week 1:Day 1 - Day 5: Definition, nature, scope, data sources and statistics & Exercise
Week 2:Day 1 - Day 5: Types and typology of tourism, world patterns, economy and tourism sector & Exercise
Week 3:Day 1 - Day 5: Factors and drivers of tourism, role of transport sector & Exercise
Week 4:Day 1 - Day 5: Tourism growth and development at regional scale, economic changes, types and concept of heritage & Exercise
Week 5:Day 1 – Day 5: System of tourism, tourism multiplier, tourism projections, tourism in the world and India & Exercise

Week 6:Day 1 - Day 5: Models of ecotourism and environmental conservation, case studies & Exercise

Week 7:Day 1 - Day 5: Diverse impacts of tourism, problems and ecological concerns & Exercise

Week 8:Day 1 - Day 5: Role of policy and planning in heritage, nature of tourism plan & Exercise

Week 9:Day 1 - Day 5: Cultural heritage and practices of conservation, case studies of intervention & Exercise

Week 10:Day 1 - Day 5: Review of legislations and Acts towards heritage protection and conservation & Exercise

Week 11:Day 1 - Day 5: Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable economy and tourism 7 Exercise

Week 12:Day 1 - Day 5: Role of tourism in urban and regional development, specific case studies and Exercise