Physical Capacity Of Lakshadweep Tourism

Tourism is perceived as one of the leading industries in the world. “The World Travel and Tourism Council (2001) indicated that tourism creates more than ten percent of the global economic output and 1 in 10 jobs worldwide.”

Many people like to spend their vacation in a different country and like to travel. It is always exciting to explore and discover new cities and cultures. Over the years the way to get to other countries became easier. The rate of international visitors is rising everywhere around the globe and tourism brings some good and bad aspects to each individual country. Due to traveling becoming more popular, Tourism has both benefitted and harmed nearly every country in the world.

According to Burkart and Medlik (1974), mass tourism can be defined as a large numbers of people visiting a destination at a time. Jafari’s (1989, 2001) platform model explains the transition of the tourism industry with 4 stages. These 4 stages are: Advocacy, Cautionary, Adaptancy and Knowledge-Based platform. The first stage would be Advocacy platform, this was when travelling was encouraged as it does not only benefits the tourism sector but also other sectors such as the economic sector which is the increase of revenues and employment and the sociocultural sector which creates the opportunity for other to learn about the different cultures around the world. The following platform would be Cautionary platform; this is when people start to be aware that there are not only positive impacts but also negative impacts for the tourism destinations unless there is careful planning and regulation imposed. For example, it creates jobs that do not require much skill set and it is mostly only seasonal. Adaptancy platform would be when solutions start to arise in order to reduce the negative impacts of tourism and also this is when there is an emergence of alternative tourism.

Tourism plays a vital role in economic development in most countries around the world. The industry has not only direct economic impact, but also significant indirect and influential impacts. There is agreement among experts that the travel and tourism sector is the fastest growing of global economy. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism receipts surpass US$ 1 trillion in 2011, growing about 3.8%up from 2010 (WTO, 2012).

Carrying capacity is closely linked with environment. Every tourist region has a carrying capacity for tourists as well as for any other type of use. This capacity varies with the fragility of the area concerned and the nature of the tourist activity contemplated. For example, an island rainforest is a very fragile environment which could be easily endangered by excessive number of tourists using it.

They also get to be mindful of new tastes and ways of thinking, which may prompt expanded resistance among the hosts and the guests. Next, for the tourism can create minimum amount of interest to support local expressions which is the chance to offer local artworks. After a long list of advantages, there are negative effects of social and cultural aspects also. The term social carrying capacity is name the measure of individuals that a general public and its land area can tolerate without generous harm to its way of life. Potential guests to another society may bring so as to bring about issues inferable from congestion or new practices. The disadvantages social and culture of tourism is demonstration effect such as in some locations, tourism has caused what is termed the demonstration effect. Comparing with their own lifestyles, the local residents often see the visitors as uniformly wealthy and in possession of all the good things in life. This display of material goods and affluence may lead to envy and resentment from the locals. A decline in the moral conduct in the local community, such as promiscuity, prostitution, alcohol, and drug use; is particularly damaging to a society that had few of these behaviors owning to

Attraction means anything that creates a desire in any person to travel in a specific tourist destination or attraction. Local is another basic component of tourism. The locale may be used to include the holiday destination and what it offers to the tourist. The holiday destination may offer natural attractions. It is considered as the most important basic component of tourism. Fashion is an important factor in the demand for various tourist attractions and amenities. The tourist who visits a particular place for its natural beauty may decide to visit some other attractions due to a change in fashion.

The upper class not only holds higher ritual status but also higher economic status in terms of occupation and income. Lower castes, on the other hand, are poor. There exists a significant correlation between caste and class hierarchy. Castes are not homogenous from an economic point of view. This means that in a particular caste, there may be people of different economic status i.e different classes. According to Virginius Xaxa, the difference between tribe and caste is marginal. As Kosambi observed, “The entire course of Indian society shows tribal elements being fused into a general society.” Herbert H. Risley, the Commissioner of the 1901 census, wrote: “All over India at the present moment tribes are gradually and insensibly being transformed into castes.” The process of the shift of tribal people into the caste system by adopting caste rituals, norms and customs, has accelerated during the last few decades. Thus the difference between tribe and caste, that existed initially, is blurring in the present

Statistical index shows that the women of Kerala are distinct from that of other states in their outstanding gains in the fields of education and health. This is the one of the few states where mass literacy has been achieved for both men and women even across the different religious communities. Adult Literacy rate in 2011 among females is 92.07% against the national average of 65.46%. The entry of women in public space in Kerala had begun in early twentieth century, in salaried jobs especially in teaching and medical profession in considerable numbers. But this trend was not a feature of every community in Kerala. There were region wise disparities in the disposition of women in social and political space, which was least in the Northern Kerala, includes the districts Malappuram, Calicut, Kannur and Kasargod, which are the Muslim majority districts of the state.

The essay presents the findings from the study “defining the carrying capacity in Bali “Tourism destination” learning outcomes some of the difficulties in measuring this destination of its ecological carrying capacity this application has the greatest potential in protecting areas most tourism planners and research’s distinguish between four different types of carrying capacity’s physical, ecological/biological, psychological and social carrying capacity for a particular tourism destination its practical analysis and measurement and its efficient application in Bali island destination tourism carrying capacity (TCC) need to be considered general frame work guiding local community, planners and decision makers this should provide not only the maximum but also minimum level of development . this study aims at the elaboration of a comprehensive ecological frame work which will contribute to an understanding of the concept of tourism carrying capacity in a Bali Island-Indonesia. In this research investigating on ecological carrying capacity(ECC) in the context of Bali Island this Island has a land area of 5,659 square kilometres and total population of approximately 4.2 million (indosurflife,2014).

Social structure of this country is a complex one. The people are divided into various castes. The caste system dates back to The Vedic Period. The Four major groups are the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vysyas and the Sudras. Apart from the four

According to Higgins-Desbiolles (2004), tourism is among the most important forces that are shaping the world in the modern times. Other than being a foreign exchange earner, it also generates job opportunities to millions of people across the globe and act as the major export earner for many nations in the world. In addition, it is also characterized by other advantages such as helping in restoring and conserving environment, contribute to the conservation of cultures as well as promoting peace as well as understanding between different peoples. Despite the fact that the sector is credited with all such positive impacts, there is a current trend both in the business and economic domains; the tourism sector has been seriously restrained

India’s population includes nearly one hundred million tribal people. These numbers are matched only by the remarkable diversity of India’s tribes. The two main regions of tribal settlement are the country’s northeastern states bordering China and Burma, and the highlands and plains of its central and southern regions. The latter is home to more than 80 per cent of the tribes, which differ from the northeastern tribes in ethnicity and in having experienced greater “intrusion of the Indian mainstream and of the pan- Indian model of the state, society, economy and culture. There are also differences in the extent to which the tribes interact with non-tribal communities. While the northeastern tribes are usually isolated communities, the tribes in peninsular India may at times coexist with non-tribal people. Despite some regional variation, the tribes share many traits, including living in relative geographical isolation, and being relatively more homogeneous and more self-contained than the non-tribal social groups. Consequently, several tensions (both perceptible and obscure) pervade relations between tribals and non-tribals, on the one hand,

“Caste, once an instrument for the maintenance of hierarchy, is, paradoxically, seen as a vehicle for egalitarianism between castes, though not within them.” But which type of identity is politically salient of course varies – in a land as great, as stratified, and as pluralistic and heterogeneous as India – over time and territory. While caste identities and Hindu nationalism are now particularly salient in the north of India, regional and linguistic identities are strong in Assam and the states of northeast, class identity and membership serves as a basis for mobilization and political action in Kerala and West Bengal.

Tourism sector is one of the major contributors for the Sri Lankan Economy. Since independence, the tourism industry has grown steadily and contributed enormously for the economic development. Sri Lanka has earned $1.8 billion revenue from Travel & Tourism alone. Report shows that it contributed 5.5% in Gross Domestic Products during 2013 and direct employment in tourism sector is doubled within 4 years at the end of conflict (CBSL, 2014).