1. Map of India

2. Rostows Theory Stage 1 – Traditional society Labor intensive
Stage 2 – Transitional state
Produce excess and trade surplus
Stage 3 – Take off
Population increase
Stage 4 – Drive to maturity
Import of resources
Stage 5 – High mass consumption
Need to produce more

3. Partnerships Current Partnerships: North Eastern Council (NEC)
Best Practice: Eagle Valley Partnership (Chavez and Selin, 1995)

5. Partnerships
“A voluntary pooling of resources (labor, money, information etc.) between two or more parties to accomplish collaborative goals” (Chavez and Selin, 1995).
Current Partnerships: North Eastern Council (NEC)
Best Practice: Eagle Valley Partnership

6. Collaboration
“A process of joint decision making among autonomous, key stakeholders to resolve problems and or to manage issues related to the planning and development” (Text. Ch 13).
Collaboration can be a critical way to achieve common goals.

7. Workshops
“Small group sessions (usually with a maximum of 35 participants) held for a period of intense study or training. The emphasis is on exchanging ideas and demonstrating skills and techniques” (Howell, Ellison, Ellison & Wright, 2003).
Important for information sharing
A place where stakeholders can discuss important topics

8. Cultural Issues Loss or change of culture through: Commodification
Standardization
Loss of authenticity and staged authenticity
Adaptation to tourists demands
(UNEP, 2001)

9. Dimensions of Cultural Impacts
Tourism Industry E x p e c t a i o n
Tourists
Difference, encounter,
acculturation
Host Community
Resource use, commodification and dependence
Ethnic and political fragmentation, indigenous groups and sub-cultures resource equity
Consumption
(Singh, 2007)

10. Indigenous Control of Tourism
Spatial limitation
Hosts set limits on entry to homelands and sacred sites
Activity limitation
Hosts established preferred tourist activities
Temporal limitation
Hosts indicate appropriate times for tourist access and use
Cultural limitation
Hosts limits on access to cultural knowledge and rituals
(Zeppler)