Tourism planning and development in South Asia /
edited by Dimitrios Stylidis, Middlesex University London, UK, Boopen Seetanah, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
- CABI Regional Tourism series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Boopen Seetanah -- A Case Study on Impacts of Community Participation in Tourism Planning and Destination Management in Kerala, India / Anu Treesa George, Min Jiang and Terry DeLacy -- Planning Agritourism Development in Sri Lanka: Farmers' Incentives and Barriers / Frank Niranjan and Glen Croy -- History of Tourism Planning and Development in Nepal: Achievements and Challenges to Sustainable Future of Tourism / Tek B. Dangi, Birendra KC and Laxman Gautam -- Tourism in Afghanistan / Abdul Wassay Najimi -- Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Bhutan / Stephen Pratt and Wantanee Suntikul -- Tourism Policy Planning in Bangladesh: Perspective and Propositions / Azizul Hassan -- Tourism Development and its Impact on Economic Growth in Pakistan / Sheereen Fauzel, Zameelah Khan Jaffur and Boopen Seetanah -- The Role of International Tourism in the Maldives / Rajasundram Sathiendrakumar, Zameelah Khan Jaffur and Boopen Seetanah -- Conclusion / Dimitrios Stylidis.
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This book focuses on tourism impacts, development, planning and policy making in South Asia. It contains eight case studies of the following countries: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Maldives. The cases demonstrate successful and unsuccessful stories in the South Asian context, along with the issues and challenges tourism planners and developers are facing. Policy implications are also presented for each of these eight country case studies.