What is the role of state and control govt. in development of tourism?

Answer 1

tourism planning should take place at many levels within a country.The starting point FOR THE TOURISM PLANNING process in any country should be the developed of a nation tourism policy. this policy represent the basic foundation from which more specific goals strategies objectives and plan are developed . thus, all planning effort should be complementary to the nation tourism policy . all tourism plans should be given time spans and should be reviewed and modified at the expiration of their time spans since change is inevitables and continous ,it follows that tourism policy making and planning have to be dynamic processes.because policies tend to be more broad-scale than tourism plans ,they are usually valid for a greater number of years . the life span of a tourism plan does not usually exceed five years.

Answer 2

government should be better to make good country then tourism come there and look beauty and charming there. when tourism go back to their country then they say another people about beauty, charming and lovers people. government get credit of our people and tourism. business is better than before.

The Ministry of Tourism, is the nodal agency for the formulation of national policies and programmes and for the co-ordination of activities of various Central Government Agencies, State Governments/UTs and the Private Sector for the development and promotion of tourism in the country.This Ministry is headed by the Union Minister for Tourism and supported by Minister of State for Tourism.

The administrative head of the Ministry is the Secretary (Tourism). The Secretary also acts as the Director General (DG) Tourism. The office of the Director General of Tourism {now merged with the office of Secretary (Tourism)} provides executive directions for the implementation of various policies and programmes. Directorate General of Tourism has a field formation of 20 offices within the country and 14 offices abroad and one sub-ordinate office/project i.e. Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM)/ Gulmarg Winter Sports Project. The overseas offices are primarily responsible for tourism promotion and marketing in their respective areas and the field offices in India are responsible for providing information service to tourists and to monitor the progress of field projects.The activities of IISM/GWSP have now been revived and various Ski and other courses are being conducted in the J&K valley.

The Ministry of Tourism has under its charge a public sector undertaking, the India Tourism Development Corporation and the following autonomous institutions:

• Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) and National Institute of Water Sports (NIWS)
• National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT) and the Institutes of Hotel Management.

Role and Functions of the Ministry of Tourism

The Ministry of Tourism functions as the nodal agency for the development of tourism in the country. It plays a crucial role in coordinating and supplementing the efforts of the State/Union Territory Governments, catalyzing private investment, strengthening promotional and marketing efforts and in providing trained manpower resources. The functions of the Ministry in this regard mainly consist of the following:

All Policy Matters, including:

• Development Policies.
• Incentives.
• External Assistance.

• Manpower Development.
• Promotion & Marketing.
• Investment Facilitation.

Planning.

Co-ordination with other Ministries, Departments, State/UT Governments.

Regulation:

• Standards.

• Guidelines

Infrastructure & Product Development.

• Guidelines

Human Resource Development

• Institutions.

• Setting Standards and Guidelines.

Publicity & Marketing:

• Policy.

• Strategies.

• Co-ordination.

Research, Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation

International Co-operation and External Assistance

• International Bodies.
• Bilateral Agreements.

• External Assistance.
• Foreign Technical Collaboration

Legislation and Parliamentary Work

Establishment matters.

Vigilance matters.

Implementation of official language policy.

Budget co-ordination and related matters.

Plan-coordination and monitoring.