Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism

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A look at Ta ble 2 separately shows that Rights and powers of thePanchayats and present tourism policy runs contrary to the Panchayatsexpectations, thus belying the rights granted to them. Even though ittalks about encouraging peoples participation, and developingnecessary sy nergies and co-ordination at Central, State and Districtlevel in order to develop tourism, it has left no space fo r it. It is highlycapital intensive, technology and efficiency intensive, caters to highspending tourists who wants five-star accommodation, talks aboutadopting new sophisticated technologies, talks about encouragingforeign investments to maintaining high quality standards in services,related to hotel and tourism industries and encourages big highwayseach of these in no way involves the participation of the localcommunity. The ambiloquy policies of the government are more orless caters to the expectation of the hotel industry. It is more in tune withthe ongoing economic liberalization process. It favors easy access tomultinational corporations thus further reducing the chances of thePanchayats to intervene in the tourism sector. It fails to address theissue of removing regional imbalancesTa ble 3 Rights of the Panchayats and GATSRights and Powersof the PanchayatsLand improvement, implementation ofland reforms.Regulation of land use and constructionof buildings.Acquiring land for development proj ectsand rehabilitation and resettlement ofpersons affected as a resu It of anyprojects undertaken in Scheduledareas has to be done in consultationwith either Gram Sabha or thePanchayat at the appropriate level.GATSGATS allows foreign service suppliersfu ll access to domestic marketsprovided a country commits to openingup its sectors.Tour operators, hotel enterprises andother tourism-and 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, licensingand patents.55
Minor irrigation, water managementand watershed development.Planning for Social and EconomicdevelopmentMinor forest produce (communityresources)Recommendation of the Gram Sabhaor Panchayats is mandatory for grant oflicense or lease of land for the purposesof mining minor minerals.Solid Waste Management56If National Treatment is granted fully,foreign companies will be able to selltheir services under the same termsand conditions as domestic companiesand suppliers.Subsidies and tax benefits, which aremajor incentives for development ofdomestic industries, will have to beshared with the foreign suppliers. Inother words it takes away the right ofselective promotion enjoyed by thedomestic industries.Reduction of local equity share willpromote further concentration andintegration. Relaxing the terms andconditions for the foreign suppliers andtreating them at equal footing will placethe local providers at a disadvantage.Services sectors under GATS include:Business and professional services,communication services (postal,telecommunications, audio visual),construction and related engineerservices, distribution, education,environmental services (water delivery,energy, refuse disposal), financialservices, including banking andinsurance, Health related and socialservices, tourism and travel relatedservices, recreational, cultural andsporting services, transport services.Sectors in which India has committedone can expect foreign directinvestment.GATS mainly talks about efficiency inservices and professional management.Availability of outdated and depletedtechnology and lack of technical Knowhow,puts the locals at a disadvantage.Import of technology is expensive andclosing the gap between the localproviders and the foreign providers willbe a difficult task.
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