‘Impact Assessment of Carrying Capacity on Tourism Value Chain’

Authors

  • Dr. Sanjay Nibhoria Assistant Professor, Institute of tourism and Hotel Management Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
  • Mr. Hemant K Chanchal Research Scholar, Institute of tourism and Hotel Management Bundelkhand University, Jhansi

Keywords:

Carrying Capacity, Tourism Development, Impact assessment

Abstract

The carrying capacity is the comprehensive and complete tool for managing and controllingproblems are beingarises due to uncontrolled and over tourism destinations. This article aims to highlights the impacts of carrying capacity on tourism vale chain at Kerwa tourism destination, Bhopal, India.Impacts have been assessed through focus group interview and survey methods. Results of the assessment suggested that obtained impacts results of carrying capacity over Kerwa catchment area lie in “very high impact” category and hence, this is quite important to maintain the carrying of the all the tourism destination in order to established effective tourism value chain and leading towards sustainable tourism development.

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Published

30-09-2016

How to Cite

Dr. Sanjay Nibhoria, & Mr. Hemant K Chanchal. (2016). ‘Impact Assessment of Carrying Capacity on Tourism Value Chain’. International Journal for Research Publication and Seminar, 7(7), 133–139. Retrieved from https://jrps.shodhsagar.com/index.php/j/article/view/950

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 7 (2016): July - Sept 2016

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Original Research Article

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