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 December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Explain the concept and characteristics of services with suitable examples. What are the factors responsible for the growth of services especially in travel and tourism

2. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Interpretation Component of Tourism Product

Product Levels

Concerns for Destination Planning

3. Define Special Interest Tourism (SIT). Discuss the factors to be considered in designing SIT products.

4. How can India's rich cultural heritage be developed as tourism product? Explain with suitable examples.

5. With the help of suitable examples explain how

would you develop and position ecological and wildlife resources of India as tourism product.

6. Elaborate the various types of cruise products. How can India utilize its water resources in developing Cruise Tourism?

7. How can adventure tourism products be classified? What are the various challenges associated with its development in India

8. What is the need/requirement of Health Tourism market? Discuss prospects and issues related to Health Tourism in Kerala.

9. What are the key features of Beach and Island Tourism? Discuss Lakshadweep as an Island Tourism Product of India.

10. What are different types of Events? How would you design and develop event products? Also highlight the issues to be considered while designing event products.


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