THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LIVELIHOOD IN SOUTH ASIA : Case Rangamati, Bangladesh
Rhaman, M Rezaur (2016)
Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016103115572
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016103115572
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South Asia offers the world’s best places for vacations and chilling out. From beautiful beaches to incredible hill stations, fabulous backwaters, intricately carved temples and gorgeous heritage and culture but the situation of practicing tourism is not fully satisfied. The aim of this thesis was to identify the social and economic impacts of tourism on the livelihood and describe the ways to the development of tourism in Bangladesh and south Asian countries. This thesis also evaluated the present situation of south Asian tourism and its possibility.
This research also exposed that the tourism sector needs creative people and developed quality of infrastructure related to the tourism. The research made suggestions for the government and private sector related to the improvement of tourism to increase the remunerations of this industry for the host community. Political stability should be established to improve the tourism image to the world. By confirming these actions Bangladesh tourism industry can arise as one of the main funders to the domestic economy of Bangladesh. The theoretical part of this research consisted of literature. In the empirical part, semi-structured interviews with local people and tourism employees were implement-ed as qualitative research methods. In addition, observation methods will be applied in the fieldwork in Bangladesh. The outcomes of this study exposed that proper practice of tourism creates economic and social welfare to local community. Tourism also brings job opportunities, develops lifestyle, creates of small businesses, develops of infrastructure and much more was identified.
This research also exposed that the tourism sector needs creative people and developed quality of infrastructure related to the tourism. The research made suggestions for the government and private sector related to the improvement of tourism to increase the remunerations of this industry for the host community. Political stability should be established to improve the tourism image to the world. By confirming these actions Bangladesh tourism industry can arise as one of the main funders to the domestic economy of Bangladesh. The theoretical part of this research consisted of literature. In the empirical part, semi-structured interviews with local people and tourism employees were implement-ed as qualitative research methods. In addition, observation methods will be applied in the fieldwork in Bangladesh. The outcomes of this study exposed that proper practice of tourism creates economic and social welfare to local community. Tourism also brings job opportunities, develops lifestyle, creates of small businesses, develops of infrastructure and much more was identified.