Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings

Eco-tourism is now one of the largest industries in the world. Gangtok as a core centre of Sikkim commands over different tourist spots in East Sikkim which are directly linked by a network of roads centering Gangtok and are perfectly accessible for one-day trips. The tourist attractions of East S...

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Main Author: Paul, Suman
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2013
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spelling ukm-65112016-12-14T06:41:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6511/ Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings Paul, Suman Eco-tourism is now one of the largest industries in the world. Gangtok as a core centre of Sikkim commands over different tourist spots in East Sikkim which are directly linked by a network of roads centering Gangtok and are perfectly accessible for one-day trips. The tourist attractions of East Sikkim are clustered mostly in and around Gangtok, the state capital. This study analyses the tourism infrastructure as well as seasonal arrival of tourists in the Gangtok city and develop a probabilistic travel model on the basis of tourist perception which will help the tourism department to further the economic development of the area. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6511/1/6.geografia-july_2013-suman-edam.pdf Paul, Suman (2013) Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 9 (3). pp. 61-68. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?
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description Eco-tourism is now one of the largest industries in the world. Gangtok as a core centre of Sikkim commands over different tourist spots in East Sikkim which are directly linked by a network of roads centering Gangtok and are perfectly accessible for one-day trips. The tourist attractions of East Sikkim are clustered mostly in and around Gangtok, the state capital. This study analyses the tourism infrastructure as well as seasonal arrival of tourists in the Gangtok city and develop a probabilistic travel model on the basis of tourist perception which will help the tourism department to further the economic development of the area.
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Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
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title Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
title_short Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
title_full Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
title_fullStr Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
title_full_unstemmed Analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of Gangtok and its surroundings
title_sort analysing tourism attractiveness using probabilistic travel model: a study of gangtok and its surroundings
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6511/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6511/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6511/1/6.geografia-july_2013-suman-edam.pdf
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