Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
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A look at Ta ble 2 separately shows that Rights <strong>and</strong> powers <strong>of</strong> thePanchayats <strong>and</strong> present tourism policy runs contrary to the Panchayatsexpectations, thus belying the rights granted to them. Even though ittalks about encouraging peoples participation, <strong>and</strong> developingnecessary sy nergies <strong>and</strong> co-ordination at Central, State <strong>and</strong> Districtlevel in order to develop tourism, it has left no space fo r it. It is highlycapital intensive, technology <strong>and</strong> efficiency intensive, caters to highspending tourists who wants five-star accommodation, talks aboutadopting new sophisticated technologies, talks about encouragingforeign investments to maintaining high quality st<strong>and</strong>ards in services,related to hotel <strong>and</strong> tourism industries <strong>and</strong> encourages big highwayseach <strong>of</strong> these in no way involves the participation <strong>of</strong> the localcommunity. The ambiloquy policies <strong>of</strong> the government are more orless caters to the expectation <strong>of</strong> the hotel industry. It is more in tune <strong>with</strong>the ongoing economic liberalization process. It favors easy access tomultinational corporations thus further reducing the chances <strong>of</strong> thePanchayats to intervene in the tourism sector. It fails to address theissue <strong>of</strong> removing regional imbalancesTa ble 3 Rights <strong>of</strong> the Panchayats <strong>and</strong> GATSRights <strong>and</strong> Powers<strong>of</strong> the PanchayatsL<strong>and</strong> improvement, implementation <strong>of</strong>l<strong>and</strong> reforms.Regulation <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> use <strong>and</strong> construction<strong>of</strong> buildings.Acquiring l<strong>and</strong> for development proj ects<strong>and</strong> rehabilitation <strong>and</strong> resettlement <strong>of</strong>persons affected as a resu It <strong>of</strong> anyprojects undertaken in Scheduledareas has to be done in consultation<strong>with</strong> either Gram Sabha or thePanchayat at the appropriate level.GATSGATS allows foreign service suppliersfu ll access to domestic marketsprovided a country comm<strong>its</strong> to openingup <strong>its</strong> sectors.Tour operators, hotel enterprises <strong>and</strong>other tourism-<strong>and</strong> travel- relatedcompanies from one country will beable to set up operations in othercountries.In the hotel sector, GATS will facilitatefranchising, management contracts,technical service agreements, licensing<strong>and</strong> patents.55
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