International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 09 Issue: 05 | May 2022
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Capacity Building for Tourism Infrastructure: A case of Tourism influenced regions in Uttar Pradesh Ar. Sayan Munshi, Dr. Subhrajit Banerjee 2, Dr. Indrani Chakraborty 3 12nd
Year, MURP Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dr. APJ AKTU, Lucknow, UP Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dr. APJ AKTU, Lucknow, UP
2Associate
3Adjunct
Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dr. APJ AKTU, Lucknow, UP
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Abstract - Tourism is a prime economy globally and is a pillar of Make in India Programme because since the Indus valley
civilization India has been a focal point of attraction. The nature of tourist destinations is varied in our country from religious, to historical to architectural and mostly with the geographical context. These factors have evolved tourism destinations, in majority of our states and it functions as prime economy in the tertiary sector of economic influence. Tourism not only impacts the destination but on the other hand gives an economic influx in the allied activities and components and in conjugation supports the periphery of the destination. Many cities even function as tourist transit node as their primary economy. On the contrary due to the high tourism influx in the cities without proper inclusive planned development and management, an immense capacity load on the physical infrastructure and services can be observed. This paper focuses on issues pertaining to Solid waste management and Transportation in religious and historical tourist destinations. Thus, there is a need for capacity building for the infrastructure impacted by tourism, which also shall result in the upgradation of the lifestyle of the urban/ peri-urban area residents. As tourism of a region has a dependency on the infrastructure, this paper focuses on the relationship between tourism potential of a region and the infrastructural determinants of the city and aims to derive a equational model supporting the relationship. The model shall further determine coefficients of the various determinants and suggest the interventions required for upgradation or retrofitting possibilities. The outcome of the paper is to put forward the model suggested above and possible recommendations for policy formulation focusing on the urban area to support the tourism potential of the region. Key Words: Capacity Building, Urban Tourism, Inclusive Planning, Policy formulation.
1. INTRODUCTION Travel and Tourism contributes to the three high-priority goals of any country viz: income generation, employment generation, and foreign-exchange transactions. Tourism is a major sector of the economy globally and a pillar of the Make in India program which plays an important role in the development of many countries which can be traced back to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. The Ministry of Tourism in India is the apex body regulating control over the tourism sector in India which is focuses on the Incredible India campaign and simultaneously collaborates with various stakeholder agencies, State governments, Union Territory, and private stakeholders to promote a niche tourism products and system in the country. The tourism statistics of India had evolved from the past with the formation of history which concerns religious, historical to architectural and mostly with the geographical and Geo-morphological character of the destinations. The sector had shown dynamic changes in the statistics over the timeline since post-independence. With the evolving tourism along with destinations, this sector has been transformed into a major industrial category, as it not only impacts the destination but, on the contrary, supports the region adjoining the destination since it helps revenue generation by the process of creating of several economic possibilities for the local residents. The dynamic tourism growth in the country is been observed from 2.37 million tourists in 1997 to a rise of 10.93 million tourist arrival in 2019, which accounts for 461% growth in the sector in the past two decades. With these rising statistics, it becomes essential to maintain a proactive approach toward catering to the effects of the tourism in a region. The tourism sector has been classified into several typologies like eco-tourism, heritage tourism, cultural tourism, Vedic mini–city tourism, Agri-tourism, craft-handloom tourism, weekend tourism, adventure tourism, caravan tourism, MICE tourism, wellness tourism, water tourism, rural tourism, sports tourism, etc. The government of India envisages many sectoral plans for the economic, social, and environmental fronts. These include the development and management of tourism destinations, conservation of the environment, cultural significance, and the product. The prime focus lies upon generating employment opportunities, community participation, cleanliness (Swachh Bharat Mission), and skill development. Based on the impact of tourism a need rises for the demand for the infrastructural facilities to cater to the tourism demands and ensure sustainable development for the tourist destinations. Infrastructural dimensions include transportation, water Supply, sewerage-sanitation, and solid waste management.
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