3.4 Numbers of visitors In tourism industry number of visitors or tourist plays an important role. The development of any tourist destination depends upon the flow of tourist. Solapur is having number of existing and potential tourist destinations such as Pandharpur, Akkalkot, Akluj and Solapur city having important tourist destinations, where lakhs of tourists visits regularly.According to the final report 2011-2012 of tourism statistics of Maharashtra, 6385115 visitors are visited to Solapur district during April 2011 to March 2012. According to this report there are four famous tourist destinations in Solapur district. They are Pandharpur, Akkalkot Solapur, City and Akluj. Table No 3.11 Tourist Destination …show more content…
of India (2011&12)
The above table shows total number of visitors in Solapur district according to the tourist destinations. According to the table there is Pandarpur tousrist destinations have highest number of tourist which is percentage of total number of tourists in Solapur district.
3.5 Types of visitors and their visiting periods There are different types of visitors. Here researcher consider the three types of tourists or visitors. They as follows
Local tourists : It includes the local heritage lovers, students and shopholics and people who interested in fairs and festivals.
Domestic tourist : It is tourists coming from rest of India.
International tourist : It include the tourist which are out of India. On the basis of these types of visitors or tourists researcher observe the some specific period in which visitors visit the Solapur district.
Table No3.12 Types of visitors and their visiting period
Sr. No Types of visitors Visitors visiting
In groups of 100 or so, tourists made
According to the Quarterly Statistical & Economic Report the “visitor arrivals continue to be strong with both domestic and international” but “visitors spent less on a daily basis”. This means that even though the number of visitors have increased, the total amount visitors spent were less than the growth of visitor arrivals. To understand why expenditures have not matched or exceed the amount of visitors, we must look at where are our largest source of travelers and revenue come from. Hawaii’s largest international visitors come from Japan (Hawaii Tourism Authority, n.d.). When looking at the statistical numbers, the total visitors went down from 1,518,517 in 2013 to 1,511,699 in 2014, a 0.4% drop.
Another result was an amount of tourist's attractions the NHDS
A visit is much less memorable than a journey. With just a visit, one does not learn from experiences and carry that knowledge to the next journey. Once again the journey,
First, the tourists do not know the way around which unavoidably causes
Taj Mahal One of the most extraordinary places in India to visit is the most beautiful Taj Mahal. This icon is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the building is marble white and is situated in the Indian city called Agra. This beautiful building was specially made by the emperor Shah Jahan and has the tomb of his wife Mumtaz Mahal alongside many more. Lake Palace The Lake Palace would be found in the city of Udaipur, India.
G. (2011) “is a degree which one has to be physically present and involved in order to produce the experience”. This means the tour guides are unable to determine the level of involvement of its tourist, this will be all dependent on the involved individual. The horizontal axis explains that one tourist may just be a mere spectator and the other may participate into activities that can create a memorable experience. Vertical axis of the model explains the relationship of the clients to its environment - Absorption and Immersion.
“Tourism Behaviour understanding includes the idea and knowledge of the different factors which are by no other means very obvious because the effects which do shape the activities and tastes of tourism are often highly embedded in the cultural and the personal biography of the individual that the whole of subject is not known of how actually they were made.” (Seaton, 1996). Figure.1. The tourism system.
Tourism is the income of people from one place to another place for vacation, but it can also be for business or entertainment. Tourism can either be international or domestic. Tourism has an influence on any country, either it’s for a positive impact or a negative impact. An example one might consider includes that the tourism in that individual country could possibly increase the income and positively improve the economic aspect of the country, but tourism can also negatively impact the environment. Tourism can also affect the population living in the country due to the amount of tourism which furthers the idea of more jobs need to be created for the new tourists.
“Tourism is now the largest industry in the world by virtually an economic measure, including gross output, value added, employment, capital investment and tax contributions. ”(Wheatcroft,1994).Tourists can be defined as people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual surroundings for more than twenty-four hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes by the World Tourism Organization. Tourism industry is the idea of attracting, accommodating, and pleasing groups or individual travelling for pleasure or business. For example hotels, restaurants, and tour guides. Five sectors in tourism industry, which is including accommodation, food & beverage services, recreation & entertainment, transportation and travel services.
Although both of them are cities, they have some similarities as well as differences among themselves in various aspects. Such as tourism sector,
Therefore, tourism may be defined as the activities, processes and outcomes by the relationship and interaction among the tourist, government, suppliers of the tourism, the host communities and the environment that surrounding the destination which involved in attracting and accommodating of the visitors (Goeldner & Ritchie, 2009). According to Goelner & Ritchie (2009), there are four different perspectives of tourism can be identified from the tourist, business operator who providing goods and services, government of the host destination area and the local community. The first group is the tourists or visitors. They are the group who search for various travel experiences and satisfaction physically and psychologically.
FROM THE BEGINNING OF 1900 TO OUR DAYS Until the first half of 1900, going on holiday was an experience belonging to a privileged class, something that only few could afford. In the 50s-60s, the economic growth and the evolution of means of transport made going on holiday something accessible to a broader range of the people. Back then, the typical tourists were travelling to the same places, at the same time and to do the same things, because there wasn’t that much choice. This type of tourist had not established preferences, it was predictable, driven by emulation and had not yet manifested any special needs.
Rural tourism Tourism is an important source of income and industry for many countries. It can be a vital economic player as it can have an effect on both the source and host countries. Generally tourism is an activity where people travel for a limited time period, which can be a domestic or international destination. This type of travelling is usually done for recreation, family or business purposes. Globally, people choose to travel to different parts of the world, and some are
The concept brings proofs on how people spend their time, in which areas and for which purposes. (Nash, 1960, cited in Morgan…). As the people spend their time on different activities, one of those activities is tourism. As well as leisure, tourism has many definitions; we will use one of those which reflect main idea. Tourism is a