Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

AN ANALYSIS ON THE ECONOMIC PERFECTIVENESS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN RAMESWARAM TAMIL NADU

K. Mahendran

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 In the rapidly changing global economic scenario, tourism is considered to be one of the largest and fast growing industries. The occupation of tourism is providing very useful and fruitful avenues especially to those people who are engaged in tourism activities because through this smokeless industry, they are not only enhancing their standard of living but also generating income and employment opportunities. In the contemporary era of globalization and industrialization, the whole world has shrunk into a global village. The tourism has played a very decisive role to transform the world into a globalized economy where all nations can exchange free trade and culture and share their interest of mutual benefits based on tourism industry. India is one of the major destinations of the foreign tourists particularly the state of Tamil Nadu which has a rich cultural heritage among the Indian states. All over the world, the tourists are visiting it due to its climatic, scenic beauty and ecological resources. The statistical figures reveal that major lion shares of total tourist’s arrivals both foreign and domestic are coming to Tamil Nadu. For instance during 2005, the percentage share of domestic tourists was recorded around 11.3% out of the share of ten major states. According to the tourist statistics of Tamil Nadu, the total number of domestic tourist arrivals had gone up from 32.33 million in 2005 to 39.51 million in 2006 to 50.65 million in 2007, while foreign tourist arrivals had increased from 1.18 million in 2005 to 1.35 million in 2006 to 1.75 million last year. The major centres of tourist attraction in the state are Chennai, Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram, Trichy, Pondicherry, Thanjavur Madurai, Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari. The research paper deals with the analysis of tourism potential of Tamil Nadu state and to highlight the significance of various tourist places especially Kanyakumari. The research paper also encompasses people‘s perception regarding the tourism and to assess the impact of tourism on various developmental activities. The paper suggests important measures to promote the tourism in the state of Tamil Nadu and to tap its potential properly.

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K. Mahendran AN ANALYSIS ON THE ECONOMIC PERFECTIVENESS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN RAMESWARAM TAMIL NADU International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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