INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS VIS-À-VIS PROSPECTS OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN ARUNACHAL PARADESH

Geography

Tourism denotes the temporary, short term movement of people to destinations outside the place where they normally live and work and their activities during their stay at these destinations. Tourism, which was earlier thought to be a pastime of the rich and the aristocrats has now become an industry which involves not only the people of higher income group but also the middle and the lower middle group and hence demands our attention at a greater scale. This paper examines major constraints associated with the slow pace of tourism development in Arunachal Pradesh despite immense potential. In spite of great potentials for the development of all types of tourism in the state coupled with government’s very positive approach, how the lack of infrastructure has restricted the growth of tourism in Arunachal Pradesh is a matter of concern. This paper attempts to analyses various infrastructural limitations which hindered the desirable tourism growth with special reference to transport and communication which is considered as basic tourism infrastructure. The paper also examines the prospects of tourism in the state in context of local peoples’ participation as a host community as well as governments’ policy and planning.

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