Tourism has long been a neglected sector for the government of India. Earlier, it was considered to be an elitist activity and the socialist dispensation of the official establishment coaxed it to put on the back burner. The advent of globalization and the market forces brought India on the world tourism map. Both the hospitality and the travel industries revamped its utility and there appears to be a phenomenal growth in infrastructure and services for the world traveles. This book also points out the conspicuous absence of the domestic traveler for long. This book raises all possible issues in Indian tourism and suggests ways and means how Indian philosophy of Vasudhev Kutumbkam (World is a family). The salient feature of the book are the travelogues that will expose the Indian reader to a global world-view that provides him the pleasure of travel while sitting at home.

This is now universally recognized that tourism must be developed and managed in a controlled, integrated and suitable manner, based on sound planning. Tourism is coming up as a major source of earning in the developing countries. Tourist development is no longer seen solely in terms of destinations, with much more consideration being given to origins or markets and associated linkages. Tourism as a system endorses the need for all developers, planners and managers to understand the dynamic relationship among all parts of tourism as a system. India has been a spiritual and cultural destination for tourists from all over the globe from time immemorial. Its rich cultural diversity, religions, languages, magnificent monuments, its sheer size and people have been a source of fascination for outsiders and insiders alike. How alive this fascination is can be gauged from the fact that since 1988 the arrival of foreign tourists in India has gone up steadily from 1.6 million to nearly 2.4 million in 1997. As many as 162 million domestic tourists undertook travel within the country in 1997 and out of these 150 million were pilgrim tourists. Such is the growth potential of tourism sector in the country. India has immense potential for the tourism. It has all resources for all types of tourists. Government has started to keep an eye on it as an industry and foreign exchange earner. In the present work Chapter 1 discusses with the overall view of tourism with its socio-economic impacts and marketing aspects of tourism. Chapter 2 discusses with the research design and methodology adopted in the research. Chapter 3 deals with tourism resource potential in India as a great attraction in tourism field. Chapter 4 analyses the study area Bundelkhand as a whole keeping in mind historical perspective. Chapter 5 contains the tourism potential in Bundelkhand region. Chapter 6 discusses with the tourism traffic trends, to destinations and state of tourism infrastructure. Chapter 7 deals with the analysis and interpretation of survey results. Chapter 8 contains strategies for effective and judicious utilization of tourist resources. Chapter 9 is related with conclusion of the research. At the end of the book there are Bibliography and Index.

Tourism to and within India has undergone some important changes in recent years seen by the rising numbers of international tourists and an increase in domestic tourism; this book is the first to critically analyse India's tourism historical and contemporary relationships.