CURRENT TRENDS IN TOURISM

COURSE OUTLINE
Elective Course: Credit: 3 Number of Hours: 45

Unit 1

(8 hours)

Contemporary Tourism New trends and Emerging Patterns in Travel and Tourism Role of Campaigns and Celebrities in Tourism promotion, Women and child issues in tourism: Social responsibility and ethical concerns of tourism business, Upcoming trends in tourism. Unit 2 (6 hours)

Home Stay Concept in Tourism Bed & Breakfast Inns , Community Based Tourism Guest Host Issues Responsible Tourism Tourism and Poverty Alleviation Social Media for Tourism Promotion. Unit 3 (12 hours)

Micro Finance and Micro Enterprises in Tourism STZs features, operations and implications Film Tourism and its role MICE Tourism. GATS and tourism, strategic alliance & airline industry: types & operations, corporate restructuring in tourism industry, time share industry: issues and challenges in India. Unit 4 (12 hours)

Climate Change: issues & implications on tourism, Inclusive growth & tourism: relationship and challenges, social aspects of tourism, tourism and poverty alleviation; pro- poor tourism. Eco- tourism- Concept, Definition, Importance; Qubec City Declaration 2002- Oslo Declaration- 2007; Responsible Tourism. Global Significance of Sustainable Tourism; Sustainable Tourism; Environmental Design and Land use Pattern (EIA, EIS, EMS); Setting up of Experience Objective Zones. Unit 5 (7 hours)

Human Resource Issues in Tourism Gap between Industry and Academia, Quality of Tourism Research, Tourism Taxation, Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction Legal Issues.