About the Book :

This volume attempts to address issue pertaining to various aspects of Indian tourism viz., issues, initiatives, perspectives, perspectives of tourism, strategies to revamp tourism, linkage between tourism and human rights, unemployment issues in tourism sector, application of web technology in tourism advancement, aspects of responsible tourism, potentials to stimulate tourism destinations, living aspects of eco-tourism communities, rural empowerment through ecotourism, marketing of ecotourism, approach to destination satisfaction, issues related to tea tourism, dental tourism, connection between tourism and pharma sectors, management of archaeological sites and promotion of heritage tourism etc. All the papers are contributed by senior academics and practitioners of hospitality sector. In their submission they have try to explore the existing problems faced by the tourism sector in its totality and presented solid suggestions to revamp and revitalize tourism sector in India.

About Author :

M.R. Biju, is currently Dean, School of Social Sciences, Dean, School of Legal Studies and Head, Department of Public Administration and Policy Studies, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. He is also serving as Chairperson of Board of Studies, Public Administration and Policy Studies. He is also a Member of the Court of the University. He is the Editor of South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (SAJOSPS) and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Political Science (IJOPS). He is a prolific writer on socio-political and developmental issues and published twenty-nine books, One Hundred and Seventy (170) research papers, Seventeen [17] book chapters, and has reviewed over Nine Hundred books for South Asian Journal of Socio-political Studies.
His teaching and research experience, spanning more than 26 years, includes several achievements. 
He is consistently making professional academic contributions in the capacity of an Associate Board member of Economics and Management, a prestigious journal published by the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic, as the Director and Member Secretary of the Asian Institute of Development Research (AIDR), and is a life Member of several Academic and Professional Bodies. He is also serving on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Business and Innovation, Administration. He is a member of the PG Board of Studies Political Science and Public Administration of the Central University of Rajasthan and Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul.

M.R.B. Anantha Padmanabha, is working as Deputy Editor of South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (SAJOSPS), has to his credit a few books (co-author) and research papers published in International and national journals. He has also presented papers in National Seminars. Currently, he is studying Political Science and International Relations at Pondicherry University.