Tourism Chapter 2 – Tourism Industry and Its Organization

NIOS Class 12 Tourism Chapter 2 Solutions

INTEXT QUESTIONS 2.1

1. What is the concept of the tourism industry?

Tourism is an industry because it gives employment opportunities to many, attracts people from every walk of life, and the tourists use various facilities provided to them. Therefore, tourism is an industry. It is an industry because it has many inputs and outputs. Though the output is not similar, overall it provides services to tourists; therefore, it is called an industry.

2. What are the different factors which affect the tourism industry?

Ans: Different factors of the tourism industry are :

(a) It needs space
(b) It requires someone to take the risk
(c) Capital, as well as the workforce, is essential.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 2.2

1. What are the different components of the tourism industry?

Ans: Different components of the tourism industry are: Accommodation, food and beverage, travel, trade, transport, attractions, events and conferences, and tourism services.

2. Give an account of accommodation classification.

Ans: Accommodation is divided on different basis like

(a) Star Classification

(b) Size

(d) Types of Guests

(e) Supplementary/alternate accommodation

3. Discuss different types of transport.

Ans: (a) Railways, (b) Roadways, (c) Airways, (d) Waterways

INTEXT QUESTIONS 2.3

1. Name some important sources of attractions for tourism.

Ans: Heritage sites, cultural, beaches, health/medical, wildlife/National Parks

2. Discuss the importance of conferences in promoting tourism.

Ans: Conferences invite people from all over the globe. It accelerates tourism activities both national and international.

3. Explain the role of the government in facilitating tourism.

Ans: Government policy about tourism is the guiding principle for the growth of tourism. Therefore, the role of the government is very important in facilitating tourism.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 2.4

1. Discuss the growth of tourism at the world level.

Ans: Tourism is on the rise in the world. It has become one of the best-performing activities at the world level. Hence, it is rising continuously.

2. What is the estimated number of international tourist movements by 2020?

Ans: International tourists are expected to rise by 1.6 billion by 2020.

3. From which zone of the globe do the tourists visit India?

Ans: The Eastern European zone has 20.6% of entire foreign tourists in India.

Terminal Exercises

1. What is the concept of tourism industry? What are different factors of tourism industry?

Ans: Tourism is an industry because it gives employment opportunities to many, attracts people from every walk of life, and the tourists use various facilities provided to them. Therefore, tourism is an industry. It is an industry because it has many inputs and outputs. Though the output is not similar, overall, it provides services to tourists; therefore, it is called an industry.

The different factors of the tourism industry are space, market, workforce, capital and resources for infrastructure development and entrepreneurship.

2. How is tourism an industry? Write five reasons.

Ans: Tourism is an industry because it has many inputs and outputs. Though the output is not similar, overall, it provides services to tourists; therefore, it is called an industry.

3. Explain the role of the Union Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in the field of Human Resource Development.

Ans: Keeping in view the professional workforce requirements of the country’s fast-expanding accommodation and catering industry, the Ministry of Tourism reoriented and remodelled various training programmes to harness the resources and also to provide a central thrust to the Tourism industry.

So, in the year 1982, the Union Ministry of Tourism established the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHMCT). With the vast expansion and modernisation of the country’s hospitality industry, hotel management and catering, educational programmes have gained tremendous popularity. As a result, courses offered by the National Council have become of an international standard.