travel

[arking]

Once a place is identified to have tourism potential, planned development will help to do away with many of the problems being faced by the government to ensure fair play at some of the por tourist centers. These particular areas in the state that act as a center of attraction should be demarcated as different zones with a local governing authority. Around such places residential and supply zones for various goods can be formed. The repeated temporary migration to these centers results in the formation of territorial and economic relationships that cater to the demands of tourists from different areas. Uncontrolled migration and the sprouting of residential apartments will take the sheen away from a place of tourist interest.

It is reasonable to assume that the foodstuffs and other goods necessary for the maintenance of the traveling public will always constitute an excellent source of revenue for all people or for a majority of the business community. They in turn will reinvest the revenue within the same community itself. In Kerala travel and tourism industry is a major contributor to the state exchequer.

It is estimated that more than 50 percent of the total tourist spending will stay within the community itself for further spending. This represents additional revenues through taxes and benefits for all residents in the form of better education and other community facilities. Compared to this, for other industries within the same community, it is estimated that an average of only 60 percent of the total revenue realized by other industries is actually recycled within the community. The rest is diverted out of the state for the purchase of other materials and finished goods.

The dispersion of development into underdeveloped areas is perhaps the greatest benefit brought through tourism. Tourism is very much concerned with spatial conditions, the location of tourist areas and the movement of people between different places of tourist interest. It is closely related to the structure form and also the use and conservation of the landscape. It brings changes in the physiognomy of the landscape in the form of hotels and other kinds of accommodation and the installation of modern amenities.