Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

RESPONSIBLE TOURISM - A PATH WAY TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Joobi V P, Dr. Satheesh E K

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Responsible Tourism aims at sustainable future by maximising economic, social and environmental benefits and minimising costs to destinations. It is the best way to maximise the positive impacts of tourism and minimise the negative ones. Responsible Tourism initiative in Kerala helps to enhance a positive and meaningful involvement of the local community in the tourism destinations, through which it has ought about local economic empowerment, especially to women. Responsible Tourism act as a path way for the rural women to enjoy their rights to control and benefits from resources, assets, income and their own time, as well as the ability to manage the risk and improve their economic status and well–being. This paper highlights the major role of women in Responsible Tourism and mame an earnest attempt to understand how for the empowerment is achieved by women through Responsible Tourism. The study focuses on four Responsible Tourism destinations in Kerala, viz., Kovalam, Kumarakam, Thekkadi and Wayanad. The findings are based on primary and secondary data.Primary data was collected from a sample size of 150 women beneficiaries. The study has revealed that Responsible Tourism has made a positive influence in the economic and social upliftment of the women community in Kerala.

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Joobi V P, Dr.Satheesh E K, RESPONSIBLE TOURISM‾A PATH WAY TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2018

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