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1. Course Code – URPP534
Term – 123242
Section – A2205
PLANNING FOR TOURISM
Exam Category: 55 L-2, T-0, P-0, Credits 2
Course Weightage CA: 25 MTT: 25 ETT: 50
Week – 2 Lecture 2
Lecture Detail - Introduction to Tourism
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Mona Sood UID: 19529

2. CONTENTS
PLANNING FOR TOURISM
•Classification of Travelers and Tourism
•Tourism Objectives
•Why is Tourism Planning Important
•Tourism as an Industry
•Conclusion

3. CLASSIFICATION OF TRAVELERS
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4. CLASSIFICATION OF TOURISM
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5. TOURISM OBJECTIVES
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6. WHY IS TOURISM PLANNING NECESSARY
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•To determine the optimum level of tourism that can result in
the achievement of environmental conservation objectives.
• To ensure that the natural and cultural resources are
indefinitely maintained in the process of development.
• There must be careful matching of tourist markets and
products through the planning process without
compromising socio-cultural and environmental objectives.
• The direct and indirect economic benefits can best be
optimized through the careful and integrated planning.
•Tourism can generate various socio-cultural benefits as well
as problems.

7. WHY IS TOURISM PLANNING NECESSARY
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• Tourism is a multi-sectoral, complicated and fragmented
activity such that planning and project development
coordination are necessary.
• Planning provides the rational basis for development
staging and project programming.
• To upgrade and revitalize existing outmoded or badly
developed tourism areas and plan for new tourism areas in
the future; and
• To satisfy the manpower skills and capability
requirements of tourism development.

8. TOURISM AS AN INDUSTRY
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Tourism is defined and understood as the activity of travelling and
touring. It is basically a set of inter-connected activities of tourists
while travelling to a place.
Tourism industry is and comprises of all the companies which
provide the products and services that are meant and used by
tourists at different stages of travel and tourism.
Tourism is a very vast, vibrant, dynamic and growth oriented
industry. Tourism as an industry is the set of all business activities
which serves the needs tourists while they visit different places by
way of tourism, touring or travelling.

9. TOURISM AS AN INDUSTRY
PLANNING FOR TOURISM
Tourism is in fact a very broad industry comprises of different
sectors or sub industries which produce and offer various similar
and different products and services which create the demand for
tourism and actually make the act of touring and travelling for
tourism possible.This way, travel bookings, transportation, hotel
stay, food, destination visits, etc., all become part of tourism.
Tourism industry therefore can be defined as the set of industries
which facilitate by providing infrastructure and products and
services and make possible travelling for different purposes and
travelling to places of leisure and business interests. Tourism
industry is all about providing necessary means to assist tourists
throughout their travelling.

10. CONCLUSION
PLANNING FOR TOURISM
Tourism has become an important sector that has an
impact on development of country economy.
The main benefits of tourism are income creation and
generation of jobs. For many regions and countries it is
the most important source of welfare.
The ability of the national economy to benefit from
tourism depends on the availability of investment to
develop the necessary infrastructure and on its ability to
supply the needs of tourists.

11. CONCLUSION
PLANNING FOR TOURISM
The industry of tourism operates through a vast network of inter-
connected and related industries as well as other ancillary
industries which aim to serve the tourists and people on travel
for different purposes.
Tourism industry value chain is very large. The broad value chain
of tourism comprises of travel and tour services like booking and
reservation; transportation industry (international and national
travel and transportation); accommodation; hospitality industry;
food & beverages; tourism products and destinations and related
products and services; local travel and transportation.