Tourism as an Industry

Contents: Preface. 1. Tourism system. 2. Demand for tourism. 3. Supply of tourism. 4. Constituent of tourism industry and tourism organizations. 5. Introduction. 6. Organization of tourism. 7. The travel agency. 8. Tourism regulation. 9. Law of foreigners, citizenship and passports. 10. The Passports Act, 1967. 11. The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. 12. The Indian Forest Act, 1927. 13. Statistics and measurements. 14. Measuring customer satisfaction. 15. Measuring the size of tourism and its impact in an economy. 16. The shifting fashion of travel industry. Code for environmentally responsible tourism. Bibliography.

"Aim of this book is to discuss how tourism phenomenon takes the shap of tourism industry. It begins with the debate regarding the nature of tourism industry. Its various constituents are given in brief. Different types of tourism organisations at national and international level, representing various groups and interests have been explained. It mentions the demand led systems and supply related problems along with resulting tourism, impacts. It deals with various regulations related to tourism. It includes importance of statistics and measurement in tourism and their relevance for the tourism industry in relation to forest and planning.

Objective of this volume is to serve the interest of students preparing for different levels of courses on tourism of the universities and other tourism related institution in India and abroad." (jacket)