DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. (Tourism) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
Third Semester
TOURIST BEHAVIOR
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. What do you mean by tourist mapping?
2. Explain the role of service providers in a tourist
destination.
3. Short notes on
Travel Motivation
Physical motivators.
4. Explain the different types of risks faced by tour
operators.
5. Distinguish between Expectation vs. Actual realization.
6. Explain the Visa and Custom related factors in tourisms.
7. Explain the factors influencing entertainment related
factors.
8. Short notes on
Social Factors
Cultural Factors.
Sub. Code
34
DE-560
WSS
2
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain the Life style pattern and tourism motivation.
10. Enumerate the factors influencing tourist satisfaction.
11. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of
globalization.
12. Describe the tourism motivation concept.
13. Explain the Maslow's need hierarchy theory of
motivation.
14. Explain the recent tourism development in India,
15. Elaborate the steps taken by government agencies in
addressing sanitation related issues.