2015
(November)
TOURISM AND TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
(General)
Course: 501
(Fundamentals of Tourism)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
1. Answer/Fill in the blanks: 1x8=8
- The English word ‘tour’ originated from Latin word ____.
- Hunziker is an economist of ____ (name of country) who offers a definition of tourism.
- The full form of IATA is ____.
- In which year National Action Plan for tourism was announced in India?
- What does the word Chipko mean?
- Demand of tourism ____ (increases/decreases) with the development of communication system.
- The word ‘ecology’ was coined by German scientist ____ in 1866.
- The headquarters of World Tourism Organization is situated in the city of ____.
2. Write short notes on any three of the following: 4x3=12
- Health tourism.
- Custom tour.
- World Travel Market.
- Carrying capacity of environment.
- Ecology.
3. Answer any five questions of the following: 12x5=60
- Discuss briefly the various products of tourism.
- Analyze the justification of planning for the development of tourism.
- Discuss the role of travel agent in the growth of tourism industry.
- What do you mean by ‘package tour’? Discuss the prospects and problems of conducting package tour in North-East India.
- Discuss briefly the types and characteristics of tourist.
- Explain with justification the factors that play the role of determinant with regard to increase and decrease of tourism demand.
- How can tourism activities cause adverse effect on environment? How can we control them?
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