Synopsis Tourism is recognized as a major global industry today.  It is a sizeable and complex service industry.  In last 40 years, tourism has been rapid and continuous growth.  Governments mostly due to profit motives have seldom questioned the desirability of tourism.  This work focuses on all aspects of tourism development.  The economic achievement to a country by way of earnings foreign exchange on the other hand are, however, the prime motive for various nation to promote tourism.  Those responsible for managing the affairs of nations have almost universally recognized the economic advantage of tourism.  The book has been undertaken with the aim that it could provide in detail the possible ways and means for sustainable development of tourism and addresses itself to a much wider audience, particularly those involved in the planning and management of the tourism industries at different levels.  The book will provide an in depth study and analyzes of tourism, concept, factors of tourism and Indian tourism industries.  It will help the teaching and researching communities in their academic pursuits.