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Synopsis The second half of the last century has witnessed tremendous developments in the tourism and hospitality sectors. The international tourist arrivals increased from 25 million in the year 1950 to 67 million in 2000 registering an annual growth rate of 7 percent. Now tourism industry is enjoying one of the top most positions in the overall business scenario worldwide. It is accepted world over that tourism is a major force in the economy of the world, an activity of global importance and significance. This most rapidly expanding industry is contributing over ten per cent to global GDP and generating employment for 200 million people. The WTO's Tourism Vision 2020 forecasts the international arrivals are expected to cross 1.56 billion by the year 2020. Among that, 1.18 billion will be intra regional and .371 billion will be long haul travelers. With the clear thinking and intellectual caliber the contributors of the book have brought to bear on a selection of importance themes of tourism and hospitality industries. It has compiled together the twenty contributions of the renowned subject experts in vivid areas. The collection of 20 articles embraces the original rigorously conducted research, opinion pieces, applied practice and conceptual contributions of hospitality/ tourism and other related field on the basis of the specialized nature of their themes, all papers have rationally been classified into five sections. (A) Contemporary Issues of Hospitality and Tourism Management (B) Ecological Perspectives (c) Economic Implications of Hospitality and Tourism Development (d) Destination management (e) Human Resource management in Hospitality and Tourism Operations. This book is a timely exercise for all those who are working in various fields of tourism and hospitality sectors.