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of world class infrastructure, and effective marketing plans an dprogrammes. Some of the thrust areas of tenth Plan are' cultural an dheritage tourism, beach an d coastal tourism, promotion of Indiancuisine, village tourism, adventure tourism, fairs an d festivals,development of shopping centers and promoting to aurve dic centers .An Overview to Tourism Policies and PlansIn the last two decades, tourism sector in India has witnessed policyand plan formulations for the development of tourism sector The firstNational Tourism Policy was formulated in the year 1982.The generaltone of the policy was to project India as a world-class touristdestination, with the objectives of developing tourism in India onoriginal lines while using it to preserve the heritage and strengthenour values and culture and bringing its socio-economic benefits to thecommunity by generating higher levels of employment, income,foreign exchange, and revenue for states and by improving habita ts.The national tourism policy of 1982 can only be seen as anaggressive marketing strategy adopted by the government to placeIndia favourab ly on the global tourism map . It cannot be seen as acomprehensive development programme as it fails to address vitalsocial and cultural issues that the bogie of tourism brings along withit.The National Committee on Tourism was set up in 1986 to evolve aperspective plan for tourism development in the country andsubmitted its report in 1988. It elaborate d upon most aspects oftourism and other related issues including Civil Aviation,Organizational Structure, Human Resource Development, etc. Itemphasized the need for India to improve its share in the globaltourist traffic and thereby attract more foreign exchange into theeconomy. The report clearly stresses upon the fact that if tourismcontinue d to grow in such a haphazard manner it would certainlycause irreversible environmental damage To remedy the situation itsuggested that an assessment be ma de of the carrying capacity (ofeach region including the anticipate d environmental impacts that a7
tourism project may have.The national plan for tourism was evolved in the year 1992. The 1992action plan was the centra l government's attempt to place tourismwith in the overall liberalized and privatized fra mework that the NewEconomic Policy prescribed for the country. It elaborated upon theneed to encourage private entrepreneurship, identify locations forconcentrated development of tourism, restructuring institutions formanpower development and undertaking massive marketingcampaignsThe policy adopts a four pronged development strategy for tourismdevelopment - of improving infrastructure, developing areas on aselective basis for integrated development, restructuring andstrengthening the institutional framework and evolving a policy toincrease foreign tourist arrivals and foreig n exchange. The plan alsoidentified 15 circuits and destinations for intensive development.Although the National Committee on To urism was set up with theobjective of providing a holistic view on how tourism ought to developin the country, most of its recommendations have not beenincorporated in the national action plan. In pa rticular itsrecommendation requiring an assessment of the carrying capacity ofregions and submission of impact assessment reports have beencompletely ignored.The National To urism Policy 2002 is considered the result of longdeliberations and discussions among all groups re lated to tourism.The Govern ment, through the National To urism Policy (NTP), hastried to place the To urism Industry within the liberalized andprivatized framework that the Indian Economy has adopted today.With the New Industrial Policy in the background, the NTP hasemphasized that it is the private sector and foreign Investment whichwill alone provide the impetus for pushing the tourism sector, andthereby the economy ahead. The policy docu ment also seeks toenhance employment potential within the sector as well as to fostereconomic integration. The policy has also made defin iteimprovements over the previous ones as the principle of sustainable8
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