IGNOU PTS-05 Project – People’s View on Ecotourism in Bihar

According to the World Tourism Organisation, the tourism industry is estimated to comprise US$ 5890 billion, or 9.9% of the total world GDP. Tourism in India is the largest service industry, with a contribution of 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. Nearly 260 million jobs worldwide are supported by Travel & Tourism – either directly in the industry or in related sectors.

Objectives

• The major objectives of the study are to analyze the people’s view on ecotourism in Bihar such as what they are thinking about tourist’s activities-discarding garbage, taking things away, etc., choice of transport inside tourism area, dissatisfaction on ecotourism places, impacts of tourism on the environment, etc.

Topic Covered

• Introduction
• Review of Literature
• Research Methodology
• Analysis and Interpretation
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix