Sobhana Devi Vaithyanathan

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Sustainable Tourism Development: Prospects and Challenges in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

Beschreibung

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2014 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: Tourism is making much advancement with the deregulation of the airline industry, coupled with technological advancement and attitudinal changes of people. Consequently, more tourism destinations are being promoted globally for socio-economic development through the revenue generated by it. The tag of UNESCO-enlisted WHS is used as a powerful instrument for tourism campaigns. Nevertheless, the WHS belongs to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. All those sites have become assets for the tourism industry in many countries. On the one hand, tourism provides financial support to preserve these sites. On the other hand, uncontrolled tourism practices cause severe socio-cultural impacts by compromising its OUV. Therefore, a balance between tourism development and protection of WHS must be ensured by evolving a model to promote and sustain tourism in the destination Mahabalipuram. Hoteliers have utterly failed in the duty of sharing resources for protection of ecology and environment. However, different categories of accommodation operators are driven towards maximizing profits without having concern for sustainable tourism development. Majority of hoteliers are more tourists centric without adhering to the environmental management practices directly leading to depletion of resources. Thus, questions for the sustainability of Mahabalipuram as tourism destination need to be answered with proper justification. In order to find practical solutions for sustainable tourism development, perceptions of residents and tourists have been studied to guide planners to implement the principles of sustainable tourism. An in-depth study with the following objectives has revealed several hidden obstructions for the development of tourism in a sustainable manner.

Autor

Dr. V. Sobhana Devi received the Pondicherry University Gold Medal for her Master of Science in Sustainable Development. She also did her Master of Arts in Tourism Management from IGNOU, New Delhi, and her Ph.D. in Tourism Studies from Pondicherry University. She cleared the UGC NET-JRF exam in Tourism Administration and Management and has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, at Madras Christian College since 2014. Her research paper received the second Best Presenter Award in the World Tourism Day conference organized by SRM University, Chennai during World Tourism Day Celebration 2022. She actively coordinated undergraduate students to participate in various Curricular and Extracurricular Activities that brought laurels to the department. Her research areas include Sustainable Tourism, Sustainable Development Goals, Cultural Tourism, and Rural Tourism, etc. She presented research papers in many national and international seminars and published them in the reputed journals. She also offered lectures in other colleges as a resource person and organized skill development workshops to enhance the employability abilities of the students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9783346974365
• ISBN-10: 3346974367
• Artikelnr.: 69541332