Study on tourism promotion and infrastructure availability in Tamil Nadu with special reference to Tanjore District

Abstract

A very rapidly growing industry is tourism all over the world. In Tamil Nadu, Tanjore is one of the cities which is well-known for its heritage sites and temple towns. Many opportunities are being taken by Tamil Nadu for developing its tourism industry. Airavateshwarar Temple, Brihadeeswara temple and Brihadeeswaram Temple are the sacred monuments located in Tamil Nadu. UNESCO has acknowledged these places as the World’s Heritage Sites. In this paper, the promotion of tourism industry and infrastructure facilities are studied that helps in promoting all the tourist sites in Tamil Nadu most importantly, in Tanjore district. On the basis of primary data, the data was collected. Questionnaire survey was conducted for this study. Thus, the data was collected from the tourists who stayed in Tanjore district. From the collected data, the analysis has proved that Tanjore is worth visiting place for the tourists. It concludes that the performance of tourism sector in Tanjore is well in maintaining & developing the infrastructure facilities and it shows the best is provided for the provided for the tourists.