AJRSH Volume2,Issue8(August,2012)ISSN22497315

A Peer Reviewed International Journal of Asian Research Consortium

AJRSH:
ASIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE & HUMANITIES

DEALING WITH THE GUEST-HOST RELATIONSHIP IN DESTINATION PLANNING: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN THE LIGHT OF SIKKIM
DEBASISH BATABYAL*; PROMA DASGUPTA** *Assistant Professor, DSMS-CTM, Durgapur, W.B. **Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, University of Burdwan, W.B. ABSTRACT Tourism is one of the emerging subjects in human geography dealing with interaction between human society and physical environment of a place. Being emerging socio-economic and cultural phenomenon tourism has been registering a significant impact on biological, cultural and social environment of a place. Sikkim is a separate bio-geographic region with its rich biodiversity and multiethnic communities. Scenic and idyllic landscapes, variety of orchids, vegetation pattern, multiethnic community and warm hospitality have created a congenial environment for the development and promotion of tourism in Sikkim. But the development and promotion of tourism as an important socio-economic and cultural phenomenon has either side that seeks to balance between conventional socio-economic development and conservation of resources. The present article is a socio-economical analysis of guest-host relationship contributing to the sustainable tourism development in one of the Himalayan states in India. KEYWORDS: Destination, Destination/ Regional Disparity, Purpose of Visit, HighImpact Tourism, HDI (Human Development Index), (DIFT) Domestically Institutionalized Forms of Tourism, Kruskal Wallis Test, Kendalls Coefficient of Concordance.

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