A STUDY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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Karma R T Wangmo

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Being among the most prospective and active business all over the globe, tourism has considerable importance and it should be developed sustainably with the help of looking for inadequacies in the economic, ecological and societal objectives of the society. It is crucial that sustainable tourism development management has a high satisfaction level of the needs of tourists and ensures that they had a great time. This, in turn, would make them more aware of the problems of sustainability. The paper here researches the importance of sustainable tourism sector development with the aim to empower competitiveness. Because of the Covid19 pandemic going on and the inevitable threats coming up, there have been problems regarding sustainable tourism development, primary issues related to sustainable tourism development are discussed in the paper and there are insights given regarding the reinforcement of competition. This evaluation helps us to set the guidelines for the researches in the time ahead.

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Karma R T Wangmo. (2021). A STUDY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT. Galaxy International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 9(6), 323–331. Retrieved from https://internationaljournals.co.in/index.php/giirj/article/view/157
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