Role of tourism development schemes like VCSGPSY in tourism development in the state of Uttarakhand

Abstract

Tourism is an industry that has helped in creation of wealth for masses directly and indirectly throughout the world. Uttarakhand being a tourist hotspot is enviably dependent on tourism related activities
for generation of income and employment in the state. In the current paper an attempt was made to
critically evaluate of one such tourism development scheme (VCSGPSY). The study was based on the
list of 598 beneficiaries of the Nainital district of the Kumaun region, to which subsidy under various
heads under the tourism development scheme were provided on the loan taken by them.