Relationship Between Demographic Profiles and Type of Tourism Towards Select Tourist Places in Tamilnadu

Tourism has emerged as the largest service industry globally, in terms of gross revenue as well as foreign exchange earnings. With rapid developments in the field of transport and communications, the global tourism industry is likely to double in the next decade. Tourism industry has a great multiplier effect on other industries. It serves as an effective medium for transfer of wealth because of income earned in places “residence” is spent in places of “visit”. Tourism industry is the highest generator of employment. Out of every nine persons, one person earns a living from tourism. For every million rupees of investment, 13 jobs are created in manufacturing industries, 45 jobs in agriculture and 89 jobs in hotels and restaurants. Therefore, tourism is considered to be an important area for intensive development for all governments. The purpose of this paper is to find out the relationship between demographic profiles and type of tourism towards select tourist places in Tamilnadu and to identify the problems encountered by the tourists in the select places. The conclusion will be given.