Contents: Preface. Foreword. Introduction/S.P. Bansal. 1. Grwoth, Problem and Prospects of Tourism in Goa/Avinash V. Raikar. 2. Tourism in India: Contemporary Issues and Emerging Challenges/Basil Hans, V. 3. Taming Tourism/Deepa Dhumatkar and Sheryl da Silva. 4. Religious Tourism: Its Implications on Neighbourhood Development/Jayavantha Nayak. 5. Impact of Mumbai Terrorist Attack on the Tourism Business: A Case Study of Agra/Lavkush Mishra and Bumlesh Tripathi. 6. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Tourism-Goa’s Perspective/Kumaresh V.C. 7. Organization and Management of Ecotourism Product: A Case Study of Lonar Crater/Madhuri Sawant and Rajesh Ragde. 8. Village/Rural Tourism: Sensitive Alternative Tool for Tourism Professionals/I. Nyoman Rawat and Mir Abdul Sofique. 9. Analyzing Resource Potential for Nature Based Tourism: A Case Study of the State of Himachal Pradesh (India)/Punit Gautam, Lavkush Mishra and Subhash Chand Ramola. 10. Regional Disparities in Development of Tourism in Goa/Radhika Shrikant Nayak. 11. HR Dimensions in Tourism/Sandeep Kulshreshtha. 12. Coastal Tourism, Occupational Change and Environmental Implications: Palolem, Goa/N.N. Sawanti, Sanjay Gaikwad and Kishor Ghatage. 13. Elimination of Regional Disparities Through Tourism: A Study of Kodagu District/Thimmaiah T.D. 14. Tourism and Terrorism: A Prey-Predator Relationship/Neeta Mazumdar and Debasish Mazumdar. 15. Tourism and Local Economies: A Case Study of Uttarakhand/Prashant Agarwal and Rupali Tamuly. 16. Tourism Industry in Singapore and Goa: A Comparative Analysis/Vishal Chari. 17. Tourism and Environmental Degradation – Goa/Vishwanath S. Sanganal. Bibliography. Index.

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