Exam Details

Subject Tourism Products : Design and Development
Paper
Exam / Course Master's in Tourism Management
Department School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Explain the issues related to tourism product designing and development to be considered by tourism professionals and why?

2. Discuss the stages in tourist destination designing and its management.

3. Explore the possibilities of further developing culture of India as a tourism product. Assess the role of media in creating images of culture of a destination as a tourism product.

4. What are the characteristics of religious tourism? Bring out the issues and considerations for designing religious tourism products in India.

5. What are the potential ecological and wildlife resources of India for developing them as tourism products? Also classify the potential buyers for these types of Niche tourism products.

6. Define adventure tourism. Discuss the types of adventure tourism. How hill stations of India can be developed as adventure tourism destinations

7. Explain the beach and island tourism product. Describe Kovalam as a model beach tourism product. Also highlight the potential threats of tourism in Kovalam.

8. List the factors which affect the pricing of a cruise. What tips would you like to give to travelers going on cruise?

9. Explain the types of resorts. What are the problems and challenges associated with tourist resort development in India

10. Write notes on any two of the following:

Characteristics of Services

SIT and its scope

Ethnic tourism as tourist product


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Accounting And Finance For Managers In Tourism
  • Human Resource Planning and Development in Tourism
  • Information Management Systems in Tourism
  • Management Functions and Behaviour in Tourism
  • Managing Entrepreneurship' And Small Business In Tourism
  • Managing Personnel in Toursim
  • Managing Sales And Promotion In Tourism
  • Marketing For Tourism Managers
  • Meetings, Incentives, Conferences And Expositions (Mice)
  • Tourism Impacts
  • Tourism Operations
  • Tourism Planning And Development
  • Tourism Products : Design and Development
  • Tourist Transport Management (Road Transport)
  • Understanding Tourism Markets