Role of public parks/gardens in attracting domestic tourists : an example from city beautiful of India
Part of : Tourismos : an international multidiciplinary journal of tourism ; Vol.5, No.1, 2010, pages 100-109
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100-109
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Case studies
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Chandigarh-the ‘City Beautiful’ of India is known for its urban greenery and wellplanned landscaping in the whole world. More than 0.60 millions of domestictourists are visiting Chandigarh city each year. In a research study undertakenduring 2002-04, an assessment about the annual recreational use value of thiscity’s urban parks and gardens was made by using Zonal Travel Cost Method(TCM) on the domestic tourists coming to the city for tourism purpose. Thoughman made greenery can not compensate nature’s green cover, yet it plays asignificant role in attracting domestic tourists towards a city of parks/gardens in adeveloping country like India.
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domestic tourists, parks and gardens, Chandigarh, India
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