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Authors
Affiliations
1 Tezpur University, Assam, IN
2 Gauhati University, Assam, IN
Source
International Journal of Tourism and Travel, Vol 9, No 1-2 (2016), Pagination: 8-20
Abstract
Tourists and tour operators would seldom compromise on the safety conditions, cleanliness, hygiene practices (Kant, 2008) and basic healthcare infrastructure of a tourism destination. The economic benefits and cosmopolitan thought process arising from practices of community-based tourism process may discourage simmering tensions arising out of ideological differences and conflicting ethnicity in a destination. Instead of an exclusive remark that tour operators would seldom compromise on safety and hygiene aspects of a destination in North East India, this paper shall provide empirical findings at granular level. The author(s) debate on issues of safety, law&order conditions and disaster management preparedness of a typical village practicing community based tourism. There is an attempt on relating positive impacts of development indexes with community based initiatives of North East India.
Keywords
Community Based Tourism, Healthcare Facilities, Utilities Measures, Disaster Management Preparedness.
