M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
Hotel Management and Catering Science
ECONOMICS OF TOURISM
(Upto 2015 Batch)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 60 Marks
Part A x 3 18)
Answer all questions.
1. Brief on cultural attractions with respect to tourist
demand.
2. Define International Tourism.
3. What is domestic tourism?
4. What are the alternative methodological approaches to
study tourism?
5. What is IIPO study?
6. Write the importance of International Tourism demand
for India.
Part B x 8 32)
Answer any four questions.
7. Define tourism and elaborately explain the major
components of tourist demands.
8. Explain the influential factors of growth and development
of international tourism with special reference to India.
Sub. Code
14
CP-8291
2
Ws5
9. Explain nature and factors determining the volume of
Domestic Tourism in some selected countries with
specific reference to India and also give the factors that
affect Domestic Tourism.
10. Explain tourism as invisible trade item.
11. Elaborately give details on the evolution of tourism
development policies in post independence India.
12. Explain the international tourism demand for India.
Part C x 10 10)
(Compulsory)
13. Explain the emergence of mass tourism in the
modern world.
What are the merits of alternative methodological
study of tourism?
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