Abstract:
Tourism enjoys an advantage for development in small developing states and not surprisingly it has been
one of the fastest-growing economic sectors over the past 10 to 15 years. However, given the vulnerability of
developing states, there is growing concern about the environmental sustainability of tourism, the potential
impacts of further liberalization in the sector and the need to enhance tourism’s economic and social
development contribution. A few vertically-integrated corporations, located primarily in developed
countries, are increasingly controlling international tourism. Tourism has emerged from being a relatively
small-scale activity into one of world’s largest industries and a fastest growing global economic sector of the
world economy from the 1960s onwards. In this Study an attempt is made to evaluate the Impact of Tourism
Sector on Development of Karnataka Economy with special reference to Mysore District.
