Role and Trend of Tourism Industry in Haryana and its Socio-economic Impact on the Society

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18721862

Shweta and Jyoti (Department of Geography, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, Om Sterling Global University, Hisar, Haryana)

The genesis of tourism development in Haryana must be contextualized within the broader economic reforms initiated by India in 1991. Before these reforms, the tourism landscape in Haryana was relatively underdeveloped, constrained by limited infrastructure, lack of connectivity, and the overall regulated economic environment. The liberalization, privatization, and globalization (LPG) policies introduced post-1991 catalyzed a paradigm shift by restructuring urban spaces and facilitating new forms of growth and settlement patterns, which in turn impacted tourism trajectories profoundly.