TOURIST CIRCUIT PLANNING FOR GREATER HYDERABADCLUSTER IDENTIFICATION ? USING GIS

Tourism sector is the world’s leading industry in terms of revenue generation with an approximate value of U.S $4 trillion plus and still growing. It is the foremost export earner industry and comprises around 11 percent of the world’s GDP. The success of tourism in any country depends on the ability to adequately develop, manage and market the tourism services and activities in that country. Large cities are already tourist centers and have many facilities are marketed properly. Generally tourism is considered as the activities of persons travelling to and in place outside their usual environment. Urban Tourism is an integral part of urban economy, urban Environment, urban morphology and other aspects of urban studies. The tourist potential of Hyderabad is reflected by large number of tourist spots. These tourist spots are located in different parts of the city. They are located in different surroundings. For optimization of sightseeing of tourist places, information regarding location of other tourist spots in its vicinity is very useful. It is thus seen that, location visualization and characterization of tourist cluster provided large volume of information which is useful not only for the tourist, but also for tour operator, tourist planner, tourism department etc. Such type of analysis can be replicated in other urban tourist places.