UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

Geography of Travel and Tourism

1. Travel : History of Travel purpose of travel in ancient and modern times, concepts of tourism, leisure and holiday travel.

2. Tourism Growth and Development: Industrial Revolution and Travel, world wars and tourism, economic development and tourism.

3. Tourism and its impact: Cultural Tourism and its impact - Business tourism and its impact - agro farm and its impacts - short and long visits of tourist and impact on infrastructural development.

4. Tourism Planning : Tourism as a trade and industry - tourism, media and communication facilities - tourism institutions - services and infra structural facilities.

5. Tourism in India : Wild life sanctuary and natural resources - heritage centres - cultural and historical sites.

1. Douglas Pearce (1987) Tourism Today - A Geographical Analysis - Longman Group Vk Ltd.

2. Pran Seth (1985) Sucessful Tourism Management, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,

3. A.K. Bhatia (1983) Tourism Development Principles And Practice Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,