Abstract: Tourism is emerging as one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Impacts of tourism on an economy are multi-faceted. Tourism has a great role in expanding hotel and hospitality sector, transportation and communication, investment generation and growth of an economy. Tourism is now considered as a tool for employment generation, poverty reduction and improving standard of living of the people. It has significant contribution towards foreign exchange earnings, generation of additional income and revenues through taxes in a country. Tourism promotes international understanding and gives support to local handlooms-handicrafts and cultural activities. Local community of a tourist spot is an important component of a destination and their role in the development of a destination cannot be ignored. Host community participation is an important aspect to achieve sustainable tourism development at a destination. It is a fact that greater the degree of community participation, the better will be the development of the tourism [1].One of the important economic features of the tourism industry is that an income earned in places of residence is spent in places visited [2].
Title: Tourism and Its Socio-Economic Impacts on Local Communities: A Case Study of Kaziranga and Manas National Park of Assam, India
Author: MRIGANKA SAIKIA
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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