Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Incredible India

India is a vast country. It is the country of diversification.This is the country having glorious history and rich cultural heritage. It is such kind of country where one can find a lot of diversification in the dresses, languages, cuisines, dances, music, fairs and festivals just a differences of miles only. hence it will not be exaggeration that India is such a big country, where one can find a variety of different cultures.
As tourism involves the movement of people to the destinations for different purposes. some time tourists visit to fulfill their needs of pleasure, relaxation and recreation and other time for experiencing spiritual feelings. one of the purposes of the tourists to visit a destination may be to explore a new attraction and their culture or to praise the beautification of the nature in the form of  Splendid Beaches, Extended Hills, Vast Desert, Deep Blue Sea and others.          
If the availability of the attractions are considered different countries are specialized in different form of tourism attractions like some have fabulous beaches then others have long peaks, if one is rich in culture then others are famous for their adventure activities. Some countries are having significance for spiritual or pilgrimage centers only. hence in order to explore the different forms of tourism, the respective tourists have to visit different countries.
But this is not in the case of country like India. India has fortune of having all types of tourism whether to explore hills for relaxation, pleasure one can go to hill areas situated in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and others. a vast desert is also find here in the areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Some coastal areas are also famous here for their beaches in the areas of Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamilnadu. If one want to go for wild life and bird watching then wild life sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala. India has eye catching natural beauty in the areas of North East region. This is the place which has been said to be "Adobe Of God". Either these are the Ghats of Varanasi and Haridwar or four Dhams as Badrinath Dham, Dwaraka Dham, Jagannath puri Dham and Rameshwaram Dham, instead sacred places of different religions also find here like Vast Buddhist Circuits, Pilgrimage Centers of Jainism, and Takhts of Sikkhism where everyone can satisfy their spiritual thirst. Besides this India is a big center of world's Heritage sites like Qutab Minar, Taj Mahal, Ajanta caves, Ellora caves. 
India is such a tourist Destination where one can travel in all seasons. Hence it would not be exaggerate to say that India is Truly Incredible.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Tourism Industry

Tourism industry does not have a single entity but it is the combination of different industries include primary suppliers like attraction of the destination, transportation industry (surface transport, air transport and water transport), hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants etc.), tour operators, travel agents, banking, insurance, shopping and entertainment. in the case of secondary supplier it involves the suppliers of primary suppliers. e.g. a hotel required supply of vegetables and fruits and other items in order to provide its services further therefore vegeatble and fruit seller are the secondary supplier of the tourism industry as supplier to primary suppliers.



Components of Tourism Industry
 
In this industry when the product is sold to consumer it is in the package form include all or some of the components mentioned above.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Meaning and Definition of Tourism

What is tourism?

Theobald (1994) suggested that etymologically, the word "tour" is derived from the Latin tornare and the Greek tornos, meaning "a lathe or circle; the movement around a central point or axis." This meaning changed in modern English to represent "one's turn." The suffix –ism is defined as "an action or process; typical behavior or quality," whereas the suffix –ist denotes one that performs a given action. When the word "tour" and the suffixes –ism and –ist are combined, they suggest the action of movement around a circle. One can argue that a circle represents a starting point, which ultimately returns back to its beginning. Therefore, like a circle, a this represents a journey that is a round trip, i.e., the act of leaving and then returning to the original starting point. Thus, one who takes such a journey can be called a tourist.

One of the earliest definitions of tourism was provided by the Austrian economist in 1910, who defined it as, “total of operators, mainly of an economic nature, which directly relate to the entry, stay and movement of foreigners inside and outside a certain country, city or a region."

Hunziker and Krapf, in 1941, defined tourism as "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents, insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected with any earning activity."

In 1976 Tourism Society of England defined it as "Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination. It includes movements for all purposes."

In 1981 International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism defined Tourism in terms of particular activities selected by choice and undertaken outside the home environment.

In 1994, the United Nations classified three forms of tourism in its Recommendations on Tourism Statistics:

· Domestic tourism, involving residents of the given country traveling only within this country.

· Inbound tourism, involving non-residents traveling in the given country.

· Outbound tourism, involving residents traveling in another country.