A STUDY ON PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION OF TOURIST VISITING HILL STATIONS IN TAMIL NADU

LATHA.K; Dr. D. Gomathi

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

A STUDY ON PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION OF TOURIST VISITING HILL STATIONS IN TAMIL NADU

Latha. K, Dr. D. Gomathi

Abstract :

Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity largely affecting the cities, states and countries’ economics. Gone are the days when people heisted to travel due to numerous difficulties faced during travel. Now is the era where more and more people want to move out and see the world. This makes the people to visit many places. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than 24 hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited”. Tourism at hill stations plays very important role in the tourism industry. Shimala, Kulu, Manali, Ooty, Kodaikannal, yerkaud, Udmangalam are the famous hill stations having a lot of development.