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Indian Tourism Intro
Indian Tourism Intro
Tourism
Aim?
•to foster linkages and interaction between the different actors in the tourism industry
•to form partnerships with private actors and stimulates the local economy
•to promote the integration of women and the active involvement of local communities
•to emphasise sustainability by taking environmental, social and economic factors into
account
How?
•by integrating poor local communities in tourism value chains through active entrepreneurial
participation
•by ensuring tourism products/services meet international requirements
•by providing market expertise, capacity building, policy advocacy, and formal market
linkages
•by working with existing tourism destinations and supply sectors
The typical visitor journey
A simplified Tourism Value Chain
(ex. Uganda)
United Nations
Steering Committee on Tourism for Development
Delivering as One for Tourism
FOLLOWED BY:
•Validation roundtable with stakeholder and government to refine and validate project proposal
•Submission of proposal to donors & Implementation
Resort Hotel G.house Rest. Stalls Markets TO Guide Transp Private Farm Shops Stalls
Fairly poor/
Fairly poor/ Poor Fairly poor / poor or rural poor
Worker
Aim: To provide farmers and fishermen with the tools they need to assess the
tourism market, and buyers with the skills to develop sustainable partnerships with
local producers.
The artistic-cultural training module shows ways to develop local artistic and
cultural services and marketing these through the tourism value chain.
The Module on Handicraft products indicates ways for artisans on how to adapt
their products to international requirements (quality, trends, design…) and link their
products to tourist markets.
Aim: to increase the artisans’ income and to provide facilitators with the know-how
to develop sustainable business linkages between handicraft producers and the
tourism markets.
40% 37%
30%
22%
20%
10% 11% 12% 10%
8%
10% 5% 5% 7% 5% 5% 5% 4% 5%
2% 2%
0%
Illiterate Basic High Pre-school High Basic Literate University University
education school school not education completed not
not completed completed completed completed
completed
2005 2007
Results: Applying the IMT
Economic indicators: Family income level
39%
40%
% of total households
32%
30% 27%
22%
20%
14%
11% 10%
10% 7% 6% 6% 6%
4% 3% 5% 4% 2%
1% 1%
0%
Up to 1/2 1/2 - 1 MS 1 - 2 MS 2 - 3 MS 3 - 5 MS 5 - 10 MS More than No income Doesn't
MS 10 MS know/No
answer
2005 2007
MS : minimum salary
Results: Applying the IMT
Results: The large majority (73.3%) considers the generation of employment, work and
income as the most important impact
Courses &
Training
2% Creation of
Progress & employment,
Development work and
5% income
74%
ITC project development & implementation
LATIN AMERICA AFRICA ASIA
Brazil Benin India (PD)
Bolivia Gambia (PD) Lao PDR
Colombia (PD) Mozambique Maldives (PD)
El Salvador Senegal (PD) Philippines (PD)
Jamaica (PD) Uganda (PD) Samoa (PD)
MIDLE EAST Tonga (PD)
Syria (PD) Vietnam