TY - BOOK AU - Dubey, Vibha AU - Ray, Chandranath N. (Guide) TI - Exploring the tourism development potential of an underdeveloped area rich, in natural resource wealth - case study : Wilson hill area at Dharampur taluka, Valsad district (Also available on CD) U1 - P TH-0915 PY - 2006/// N1 - CONTENTS1. Introduction 1 - 17 1.1. Prospects Of Tourism Industry 1.1.1. Tourism Industry In Gujarat 1.1.2. Tourism Policy For Gujarat 1.1.3. Gujarat Tourism Year 1.2. Problem Definition. 1.3. Aim Of The Study 1.4. Objectives Of The Study 1.5. Methodology 1.6. Scope Of Study 1.7. Organization Of The Thesis 2. Concept Of Tourism 18-27 2.1. Concept Of Tourist 2.2. Concept Of Tourism 2.3. Components Of Tourism 2.4. Tourism Attractions 2.5. Demand 2.6. Carrying Capacity 2.7. Type Of Tourism 2.7.1. Mass Tourism 2.7.2. Sustainable Tourism 2.7.3. Ecotourism 3. Introduction To Site Region 28 - 36 3.1. Genesis 3.2. History of Wilson hill 3.3. Location 3.4. Area Under Study 3.5. Physical Attributes Of The Area 3.5.1. Rock 3.5.2. Soil 3.6 Climatic Attributes 3.7 Resources of Wilson Hill Area 3.7.1 Vegetation 3.7.2 Natural forest 3.7.3 Fauna 3.7.4 The people 4. Site Analysis 37-49 4.1. Contour analysis 4.2. Zone delineation 4.3. Density 4.4. Land distribution 4.5. Counter levels 4.6. Water shade management potentials 4.6.1. Rain water harvesting calculations 4.6.2. cistern design guidelines 5. The Surrounding Villages50 - 63 5.1. Village Profile 5.2. tradition and culture 5.3. data analysis 6. Existing Tourism 64 -88 6.1. general introduction 6.2. location and connectivity 6.3. Identified spots which may be developed as a tourist circuit along with Wilson hill 6.4. Analysis of tourist inflow in the circuit 6.4.1. Tithal 6.4.2. lady Wilson museum 6.4.3. DSC 6.4.4. Wilson hill 6.5. Tourism perception study 6.6. Market Analysis 7. Tourism Plan Formulation 89-132 7.1. Tourism product details of the surrounding of study area 7.2. Tourism attractions of site area 7.3. Proposed activities for Wilson hill site. 7.4. Travel plan concept. 8. Infrastructure Requirements 133-166 8.1. requirement for services and infrastructure 8.2. Concept for infrastructure planning 8.3. Requirement of infrastructure in study area 9. Strategy for implementation .167- 187 10. Media Planning .188-201 11. Implementation Plan and Phasing 202-207 12. Financial plan 208 Annexure References ER -