KALLAR KAHAR’S TOURISM: A SIGNIFICANT UPLIFT IN LOCAL ECONOMY

Tourism is generally demarcated as a journey that is made by both local people and foreign tourists for recreational, business and other purposes. The economy is the status of a region in terms of its consumption of production and supply of money. The objectives of present study were to explore the economic impacts of local tourism in Kallar Kahar, to present a regional perspective of tourism development and to examine government’s role in projecting economic benefits of local tourism in the region. The study was exploratory in nature and data was collected qualitatively from a sample of 75 respondents, from whom demographic information was taken through socio- economic census survey forms and qualitative information was obtained through an interview guide, over a period of six months. The study concluded that local tourism of Kallar Kahar had negative economic impacts on both area and indigenous community as well.