I am working on a paper related to inbound tourists to India. This paper will include identification of determinants and forecasts for inbound tourism to India at country and regional level. However, quite a few interesting facts have emerged related to Indian tourism during working on this paper. I want to share a small part of it including the forecast for total inbound tourism to India from all countries and regions of the world. (more…)

Rural Electrification is viewed as the key component for accelerating rural development. However, a large section of the rural population in India is still devoid of this basic minimum requirement for a decent living. According to the latest statistics, only around 60% of rural households (more…)

A few years back I did a study on linkage of tourism with socio-economic development of artisans. It was a case study of a few selected districts of Rajasthan in India. The research paper was published as a chapter of the book Tourism Development Revisited: Concepts, Issues and Paradigms, by Sage Publication. Amongst the key findings, a few relevant ones are (more…)

My writing blogs on sustainable tourism development does not necessarily indicate that I love travelling; but to speak frankly, I can very well be considered as a travel freak. Since my childhood, I travelled to several tourist destinations every year. Of course, my travel experience (more…)

There is a big conflict between current reality and goals of sustainable tourism development. One of the key issues that led to the rise of the need for the sustainable tourism development was leakage of revenue from the tourism destinations. This leakage was/is due to the very simple reason that the major enterprises are owned by non-locals. (more…)