Public private partnership in tourism sector: An exploratory study of Assam tourism industry

Abstract

Public Private Partnership concept of infrastructural development and management of resources has been a huge success across sectors. It is effective and efficient in a lot of areas of operations. Both the government as well as private stakeholders working in joint ventures are in a win-win situation in the PPP model of operation. Tourism sector is no different when it comes to public private partnership. Tourism is not confined to a single sector, rather embraces other sectors like accommodation, transportation, communication, entertainment, events, technology, destination etc. It is one of the sectors where huge investment is required and government alone cannot fill the void. The main aim of the present research paper is to examine the role of public private partnership model in Assam tourism industry. The present study is exploratory and descriptive in nature and based on secondary data. The secondary data has been collected from various journals, websites, newspapers and articles, publications of Ministry of Tourism, UNWTO, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), Niti Ayog, Department of Economic Affairs, PPP Cell and Ministry of Finance.