GEOGRAPHY OF TOURISM (Practical)

Paper Code: 
25DGEO706
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course offers a critical overview of the field of tourism geography, paying specific attention to the broad dimensions of how places develop into tourist destinations

Course Outcomes: 

Course Code

Course Title

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning & Teaching Strategies

Assessment Strategies

DGEO 706

Practical: Geography of Tourism

CO106: Identify the relationship between geography and tourism.

Approach in Teaching:
• Discussion
• Tutorials
• Reading assignments
• Demonstrations
• Action Research Project
• Field Trip

Class Test
Semester End Examinations
Observations of Practical Skills
Quiz
Assignments
Presentation & Viva-Voce
Cartographic Exercises
Practical Assignments
Project & Field Reports
Individual & Group Projects
   

CO107: Evaluate globalization’s impact on tourism and types of tourism.

Learning Activities:
• Field activities
• Simulation
• Task assignments
• Seminar presentation

  
   

CO108: Conduct case studies on tourist sites to analyze tourism impacts and report writing.

    
   

CO109: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

    

 

 

 

20.00
  • Definition, nature and scope
  • Relation between geography and tourism,
  • Factors affecting tourism,

 

20.00
  • Globalization and tourism,
  • Tourism development in India.
  • Eco tourism, Geo tourism, Geo Park, Geo heritage and other types of futuristic tourism.

 

20.00

Case Study: Analysis of tourism impacts and report writing including –

  • Infrastructure and support system for tourism
  • Economic, social, physical and cultural impacts of tourism
  • Evaluation of tourism potential

 

Essential Readings: 
  •  Kaul, R. K. (1985): Dynamics of Tourism and Recreation, Inter India, New Delhi.    Pearce, D. (1987): Tourism Today: A Geographical Analysis,    Longman Scientific and Technical, New York.
  •  Smith, L. J. S. (2010): Practical Tourism Research, CABI, Wallinford.
  •   Robinson, H. (1996): A Geography of Tourism, Macdonald and Evans, London Das, M. (1999)
  • Das, M. (1999) India: A Tourist Paradise, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi
Academic Year: 
2025-2026