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RACAP Series on Culture and Tourism in Asia
CASE STUDY ON
THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM
ON CULTURE AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
INDIA
Jaisalmer,
Khajuraho
and Goa
Prepared by
A.G. Krishna Menon
UNESCO PRINCIPAL
REGIONAL
OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK,
1993
UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
Case study on the effects of tourism on culture and the environment:
India; Jaisalmer, Khajuraho and Goa, prepared by A.G. Krishna
Menon. Bangkok, UNESCO, 1993.
99 p. (RACAP Series on Culture and Tourism in Asia 1)
1. TOURISM.
QUALITY.
2. CULTURAL
HERITAGE.
4. ARCHAEOLOGICAL
II. Series.
913.04
0
SITES.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL
5. INDIA.
I. Title.
Q
UNESCO
1993
Published by the
UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
P.O. Box 967, Prakanong Post Office
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Printed in Thailand
72e study reflects the views of the author and does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO.
BKSWE4t.W9E-100
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PREFACE
The proclamation
of the period 1988-1977 the “World Decade for
Cultural Development” by the United Nations General Assembly in its forty first session vide Resolution 41/187 ushered in a new era of sustained activities in the field of culture both at national as well as international level.
The General Assembly approved the main objectives of the Decade and assigned the United
Nation’s Educational
Scientific
and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) the role of lead agency for the Decade. In Asia and the Pacific region UNESCO has launched, supported and encouraged a number of projects within the framework of the Decade.
Over the past decade Asia has witnessed tremendous social, cultural, political and technological changes. The rapid growth of tourism on large scale in some countries in the region has been a significant agent of these, not all very welcome, changes. Like in most developing countries of the world., tourism in many Asian countries is also conceived as a powerful
CASE STUDY ON
THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM
ON CULTURE AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
INDIA
Jaisalmer,
Khajuraho
and Goa
Prepared by
A.G. Krishna Menon
UNESCO PRINCIPAL
REGIONAL
OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
BANGKOK,
1993
UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
Case study on the effects of tourism on culture and the environment:
India; Jaisalmer, Khajuraho and Goa, prepared by A.G. Krishna
Menon. Bangkok, UNESCO, 1993.
99 p. (RACAP Series on Culture and Tourism in Asia 1)
1. TOURISM.
QUALITY.
2. CULTURAL
HERITAGE.
4. ARCHAEOLOGICAL
II. Series.
913.04
0
SITES.
3. ENVIRONMENTAL
5. INDIA.
I. Title.
Q
UNESCO
1993
Published by the
UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
P.O. Box 967, Prakanong Post Office
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Printed in Thailand
72e study reflects the views of the author and does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO.
BKSWE4t.W9E-100
..._-*
PREFACE
The proclamation
of the period 1988-1977 the “World Decade for
Cultural Development” by the United Nations General Assembly in its forty first session vide Resolution 41/187 ushered in a new era of sustained activities in the field of culture both at national as well as international level.
The General Assembly approved the main objectives of the Decade and assigned the United
Nation’s Educational
Scientific
and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) the role of lead agency for the Decade. In Asia and the Pacific region UNESCO has launched, supported and encouraged a number of projects within the framework of the Decade.
Over the past decade Asia has witnessed tremendous social, cultural, political and technological changes. The rapid growth of tourism on large scale in some countries in the region has been a significant agent of these, not all very welcome, changes. Like in most developing countries of the world., tourism in many Asian countries is also conceived as a powerful
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