Economic Policies

Whither Governance?

- Public Private Partnerships and Tourism

Research Papers and Case Studies
Private corporations have been actively lobbying the government for a larger role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of tourism activities. While the government has consulted with private sector players and invited their representatives on planning boards and policy initiatives there is a major thrust toward formalising this relationship and legitimising it through the prevalence of Public Private Partnerships or PPP, which now feature in most tourism polices. This paper in Section one probes the key features of PPPs, their modalities and the roles of different players in order to highlight their strengths and weaknesses. Section two covers the institutional framework that has emerged in India to introduce and facilitate a greater level of private sector participation in public service delivery. Section three is an exploration of tourism PPPs and state-level legislation which has accompanied them. In Section four, is proposed areas for further investigation through empirical research aimed at an assessment of the socio-cultural, environmental and economic impact of tourism PPPs on local communities.
Geographies
India