project done by the final year student of history department

1. RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

2. INTRODUCTION
Tourism can be defined as particular activities
selected by choice and undertaken outside the home
environment. Tourism may or may not involve overnight
stay away from home.
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM :
- reducing the negative impacts of tourism
especially in the regions of nature, “thatcreates better
place for people to live and better place to visit”

3. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
CONVERT ARITTAPATTI AS A TOURIST SPOT IN A RESPONSIBLE
MANNER.
 To develop infra and super structure to provide recreation
facilities for visitors and the residents.
 To preserve the cultural resources and heritage.
 To maximize the economic benefits – increase standard of
living.
 To generate employment oppurtunities- self help groups
etc..
 Maximizing visitors satisfication .
 Protecting the environment.

4. LOCALCONTEXT
 ARITTAPATTI- rich in heritage (natural & cultural)
 people – great interest & unity in protecting and preserving
their rich heritage
MOTIVATIONFORTHEPROJECT
 Interest of the people
 historical values – jain beds, inscriptions, rock cut cave
temple .
 natural environment – 7 hillocks, 52 water bodies.Agricultural
fields

5. METHODOLOGY
HISTORICAL METHOD :
to trace out the past events.
SURVEY METHOD :
collection of data directly from the population or a
sample.
under this we use DIRECT SURVEY METHOD

6. TYPES OFTOURISM IN ARITTAPATTI
 Heritage Tourism –it is divided into two i.e. Natural
Heritage and Cultural Heritage.
 Educational Tourism
 Recreational Tourism
 Medicinal Tourism
 Adventure Tourism
 Rural Tourism

7. HERITAGE TOURISM
Heritage tourism is nothing but a “traveling to experience the
places, artifacts and activities that authentically represent the stories
and people of the past “,and heritage tourism may include cultural,
historic, and natural resource.
Heritage tourism can divided two types :
1. Natural Heritage
2. Cultural Heritage
.

8. Natural Heritage:
It is present naturally & inherited from the
past generations, maintain in the present and to the
future generation
Cultural Heritage :
This includes cultural activities i.e. folk-
arts , monuments festivals, food
habits,practices,etc…has to be preserved and taken
in to the hands of future generation.

9. HERITAGE
Natural Heritage Cultural Heritage

10. IMPORTANCE OF HERITAGE TOURISM
• Heritage tourism is responsible for protection and insuring
continuation to the future.
• One can able to know about others unique heritage
• Heritage is preserved by visiting it in a responsible manner
• Economic level of the people can be increased by making it as a
heritage tourism.
• It helps in preserventing the community character which results in
good and worthy.
• It helps in understanding the community strength and weakness.

11. EDUCATIONAL TOURISM
Educational tourism is a tour undertaken by the students to
go to places related to their subject. It gives a new environment
without the usual one and give better understanding of the subjects.
IMPORTNACE OF THE EDUCATIONAL TOURISM
• It gives better knowledge than classroom learning.
• Students able to know about different places and its importance.
• Increase in the involement of the students in the subjects.
• Educational tourism helps the student in learning in their own
experiences.

12. • Educational Tourism Resources in Arittapatti
includes Jains beds, Inscriptions, Rock-cut Shiva
cave temple,Medicinal plants, Traditional Foods,
Festivals,Objects,Folk-Arts.

13. Educational Tourism Resources
Mahavira Sculpture
Rock-cut Shiva cave
Temple

14. ADVENTURESTOURISM
It is a type of tourism involving exploration or travel to remote
areas, many visitors are likely to participate in adventured activities
and engaged themselves with thriller moves.
IMPORTANCE
 Helps in maintaining physical health
 Makes the mind to get relief from mental stress
 Adventure trekking enlighten our soul
 Makes our dreams alive and build our confident level

15. Adventures Tourism

16. IN ARITTAPATTI
 In Arittapatti , adventured activities includes trekking, rock
climbing.
 It consists of 7 hillocks which can be used for trekking purposes.
The most important one among the seven hills is ramayee malai ,

17. RURAL TOURISM
• Tourism that showcases rural life,art,culture,and heritage
at rural locations benefitting the local community
economically and socially,
• Enhances the interaction between tourists and locals is
called rural tourism
IMPORTANCE
• participation in rural activities i.e. folk-arts, festivals etc.
• Rural activities will be proctected & promoted
• mingling with local people and experiencing the rural
culture
• multi-dimensional concept and all about experiencing the
uniqueness of that area.

19. MEDICINALTOURISM
Medicinal Tourism refers to the travel of people for
obtaining medical treatment traditionally or improving
health or fitness.
IMPORTANCE :
Treatment in a natural way
ARITTAPATTI :
There are more than 30 herbal plants in Arittapatti
like plants ,Trees, Creepers . All these have medicinal values
and health benefits .

20. Medicinal Plants
Naayuruvi Thumbai

21. RECREATIONALTOURISM
• It is an activity of leisure purposes
• It is an essential element for human biology and
psychology
• Often done for enjoyment and le person to be fun
IMPORTANCE
• Relax
• Reduce stress
• Positive impact on your health
• Refills the energy
• Effective time utilization

22. Recreation -ArittapattiRecreationalTourism-Arittapatti
• It is possible in Arittapatti for recreational
tourism
• consists of many Natural sites and lots and lots of
waterbodies which provide tourist a kind of
relaxation, pleasure etc..

23. FOOD FESTIVAL
• Students from France were studying catering so they came
to Arittapatti to get knowledge about the traditional dishes
along with its preparation methods.
• Welcomed the French students in a traditional way
(i.e)Decoration with Mango leaves hangings, giving lotus to
each of them and applying sandal and kum-kum by the
community people & the students of Lady Doak College.
• As it give a special training on helping the tourists and
satisfying their needs, we had a chance to implement our
ideas .

24. EVENTS– FOOD FESTIVAL
• Welcomed the French team
• Traditional Food preparation in the people’s
house by using fire wood stove
• Joint lunch and meditation under the banyan tree
in Kalinja malai
• our responsibility in it decorations, using the
products which won’t cause any damage to the
environment , food display and food service in a
responsible way

25. FOOD FETIVAL

28. ARITTAPATTI CULTURAL IMMERSIONPROGRAME
 Promoting Responsible Tourism Group
 Its aims and principles
 Traditional Objects Exhibition
 Giving Saplings to Locals for Plantation
 Folk Art (oyillattam) performed by the native
students
 Visiting rock cut shivan temple
 Traditional food kool

29. Inaugration of Responsible Tourism Group

30. LOGO OF THE RESPONSIBLE TOURISM GROUP
PUTHUMAIYAI VALARPOM ; PALAIMAIYAI PATHUKAPOM

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34. NATURE

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37. LOCATION
• MADURAI DISTRICT
• MELUR MAIN ROAD
• 25km NORTH WEST FROM MADURAI DISTRICT
• 4km FROM NARASINGAPATTI