Title: Comparison of four Indian tourist places.
Author: Yashika Agrawal.
Introduction- Rajasthan, Goa, Manali and Shimla are the four Indian tourist places which is compared in this survey. A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
Objective- To compare the tourist places.
Literature Review-
1) This study describes tourists’ perceptions toward the importance of safety measures across tourists who stay at different types of accommodation; compares the pre and post analysis of such safety measures during normal time and six months after the disaster and identify safety measures that contribute the most to the sense of beach safety. This study uses a survey, interviews, and observation. The target population was inbound tourists traveling to Thai beaches. It was found that respondents who participated in the survey six months after the March 2011 Japanese tsunami placed more importance on almost all tsunami safety measures than those who did the survey six years after the Indian Ocean tsunami. Guests at guest houses, placed the highest importance on all safety measures, whereas guests at upscale hotels, placed the lowest importance. Moreover, perceptions of beach safety were dependent on the availability of a tsunami evacuation system and a crisis management plan. (Rittichainuwat Bongkosh N, 2013)
2) This paper explores Singapore’s Little India historic district as an example of a contested urban landscape. Specifically, it argues that Little India is a site of struggle between ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ groups. Using primarily Relph’s notion of ‘insideness’ and ‘outsideness’, and other concepts dealing with spatial resistance and domination, different groups of people with differing degrees of attachment to Little India are identified. The insider-outsider cleavage is interrogated from three perspectives: the relationship between tourists and locals; ethnic tensions between Indian and Chinese communities; and, interaction between planners and users of the urban landscape. In exploring the myriad insider-outsider dynamics, it is contended that who represents an ‘insider’ and who is considered an ‘outsider’ is open to negotiation. This is because different people possess differing conceptions of ‘inside ness’, in turn giving rise to varying senses of attachment and belonging to place. This paper critiques existing tourism writings which focus predominantly on the relationship between tourists and locals, and it argues that in any tourist destination the tourist-local conflict is only one aspect of a much larger struggle over place. For this reason, urban tourism studies must focus on the wider arena in which the tourist-local interaction is set. (T.C.Chang,2000)
Data Collection- For the purpose of this project, 4 Indian tourist places were taken i.e. Rajasthan, Goa, Manali and Shimla. Students were asked to rate this places from 1 to 10, 40 students rating collected doing survey, hence One Way ANOVA was calculated through data analysis.
Data Analysis- Calculated One Way ANOVA,
Between group:
Sum of Square(SS)- 17.26875
Degree of freedom(DF)- 3
Mean sum of square(MSS)- 5.75625
F- 2.347801
P-Value- 0.07479
F crit- 2.662569
Within group:
SS- 382.475
DF- 156
MSS- 2.451763
Conclusion: The value of F=2.347 is less than F-crit=2.66, therefore the hypothesis is null: All are same. Accept H0 and Reject H1.
References-
1) Rittichainuwat, Bongkosh N., 2013. “Tourists’ and tourism suppliers’ perceptions toward crisis management on tsunami,” Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 112-121.
2) T.C. Chang, 2000. “Singapore’s Little India: A Tourist Attraction as a Contested Landscape,” Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(2), pages 343-366, February.