Paper Title
Tourism Governance in India: A Contested Space

Abstract
In India, tourism is one of the rapidly growing industries which is capable of creating diverse employment opportunities. Tourism governance is a contested space in India between the central and state governments as well as between different departments of state governments. Considering this contested space of tourism governance, this paper analyses India’s tourism development and the nature of tourism governance. The article deals with the balance of administration in the tourism sector between the central and state governments. The paper also examines the contested space of tourism governance between the state Forest Department and Tourism Department and concludes that in order to overcome the discords between different state apparatus, tourism management in India needs a better exchange of dialogs and cooperation among various departments. Keywords - Tourism Governance, Tourism Management, Protected Areas, Conservation, India