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This study explores the integration of circular economy principles into the tourism sector, presenting a shift from the traditional linear model of \"take, make, dispose\" to a more sustainable and regenerative framework. The circular economy emphasizes reducing waste, reusing resources, and promoting sustainable consumption, making it highly relevant for tourism, a sector with high resource intensity and environmental impact. The objective of this Study is to qualitative and practical establishment of principles of tourism circularity in one of the untapped tourism zones of Uttarakhand State through Local Community Involvement. The paper outlines the theoretical foundations of circularity and applies them to tourism through strategies like resource efficiency, waste minimization, sustainable infrastructure, and local community engagement. Glancing through the case studies of current circular practices in Amsterdam and luxury resorts in the Maldives and Thailand - the design of the study establishes the community-driven initiatives in the Chhera Village of Kumaon Himalayas as the primary research of the author - demonstrating the successful positioning of local communities induced circular tourism as a practically feasible transformative approach capable of addressing the environmental and socio-economic challenges facing the global tourism industry towards strategizing for a regenerative future. The study has the limitation of reciprocating the results in the Mountain communities or more aptly the Himalayan regions. The paper is the practical attempt towards the shift from the fraditional linear model to a more sustainable and regenerative framework towards the better society and environment along with sustainable tourism growth.

Travel and Tourism is a major economic sector globally, and countries invest significantly to leverage their natural, cultural, and infrastructural assets. It has come to stay as the largest service industry and widely used as an instrument of growth of national income, poverty alleviation, infrastructure development and employment generation. The Asia Pacific region is slated to be the most preferred tourism regions of world; whereas India, and China, by their size both in terms of geography and population are the rising nations on the global tourism front. As per the different World Travel and Tourism Council reports, these two countries are projected to upsurge in their respective tourism economies both in terms of contribution to GDP and employment in the post pandemic world. However, the growing Economic Impact of tourism also increases the threat of rising Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions impact. The Travel and Tourism Economic and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions impact cannot be studied in isolation but has to be analyzed for overall advantages for an economy, more so for the massive economies of India and China. This is comprehensive comparative study on the background of bi-decadal economic impact analysis (1995-2015), covering the period prior to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and China leading to study of economic and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions impact in the pandemic and post pandemic period through the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Analysis. It aims to assess the potential of tourism as a key driver of sustained and enhanced economic growth as well as focus on control environmental impact in India and China in the coming decades.

In the article named “AI-Enabled Services in Five star Hotels: Understanding Bleisure Tourists’ Perceptions and proposing a Roadmap to Government for sustainable AI implementation in India”, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the guest experience and perception of the luxury hospitality industry, in particular, are studied. Based on mixed methods research, this research paper not only summarizes the findings of the various scholarly researches worldwide, but also takes into account the changing preferences of bleisure guest by conducting a survey and interviews with Bleisure tourists staying in the five star hotels. The results indicate that AI improves efficiency, personalization and precision of operations which is highly attractive to digitally literate and time conscious travellers. Nevertheless, there are still issues of emotional involvement, privacy and trust. The research arrives at the conclusion that a hybrid system that entails the utilization of AI and complementary human service is an ideal method of hospitality where technological advanced technology does not interfere with empathy and genuineness. Through their mapping, the five-star hotels can effectively position AI application with the fine-tuning needs of the contemporary bleisure tourists. The study further contributes to the development of a strategic roadmap for Indian government to guide policy formulation, support smart tourism infrastructure, and promote sustainable integration of AI within the hospitality industry.

The tourism industry is a significant creator of employment opportunities. Tourism as a business encourages various other service sectors like hotels, resorts and guest house services, handicraft business and travel agencies. Travel & Tourism Economic Impact: World (2019) underlines that travel and tourism sector accounts for 10.4% of global GDP and 319 million jobs or 10% of total employment in 2018. As per the World Bank Ranking, China at 2nd position, India at 6th position, and Malaysia at 37th position are the rising nations on the global tourism front in the region. Tourism is the largest service industry in India and is widely used as an instrument of growth of national income, poverty alleviation, infrastructure development and employment generation. The present paper is an in-depth study, analyzing the visitor exports and income generation (GDP) vis-a-vis employment capacity creation by the tourism industry in India, China and Malaysia analyzed over a period of two decades (1995-2015). The findings reveal the usefulness of tourism for India as an instrument to set up the largest contributing parallel tourism economy, facilitating tourism entrepreneurship, leading to business development, especially in rural areas.

India is one of the best-performing economies in the developing world, marked by its increasing decadal growth rate, with decline in the gender gap and steady falling poverty rates. Despite the developments, there is a wide gap between rural and urban India with respect to technology, living condition, economic empowerment, etc., although India has vast possibilities of rural economy development as the rural population and the rural land area constitute around two-thirds of the total population and total land area of the country respectively. The rural India remains predominantly backward depending mostly on agricultural sector. The growth rate in agricultural sector is much lower than in other sectors, thereby upsetting the entire supply chain modeling for nearly two-thirds of the country. This requires the revamping of the current studies towards redefining the new economic strategy for the long-term sustainable economic supply chain system in the rural environs that involves supplementing the agricultural sector with service sector. Tourism can be one of the possibilities as the present research study has tried to evince in the Chhera village of Pithoragarh. The study is a practical insight into Sustainable Supply Chain Tourism Management in the Chhera village of Pithoragarh, made sustainable through local community participation and the benefit of competitive edge.

BackgroundFasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith. Despite the positive effects of fasting on health, there are no guidelines or clear recommendations regarding fasting after metabolic/bariatric surgery (MBS). The current study reports the result of a modified Delphi consensus among expert metabolic/bariatric surgeons with experience in managing patients who fast after MBS.MethodsA committee of 61 well-known metabolic and bariatric surgeons from 24 countries was created to participate in the Delphi consensus. The committee voted on 45 statements regarding recommendations and controversies around fasting after MBS. An agreement/disagreement ≥ of 70.0% was regarded as consensus.ResultsThe experts reached a consensus on 40 out of 45 statements after two rounds of voting. One hundred percent of the experts believed that fasting needs special nutritional support in patients who underwent MBS. The decision regarding fasting must be coordinated among the surgeon, the nutritionist and the patient.At any time after MBS, 96.7% advised stopping fasting in the presence of persistent symptoms of intolerance. Seventy percent of the experts recommended delaying fasting after MBS for 6 to 12 months after combined and malabsorptive procedures according to the patient’s situation and surgeon’s experience, and 90.1% felt that proton pump inhibitors should be continued in patients who start fasting less than 6 months after MBS.There was consensus that fasting may help in weight loss, improvement/remission of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus among 88.5%, 90.2%, 88.5%, 85.2% and 85.2% of experts, respectively.ConclusionExperts voted and reached a consensus on 40 statements covering various aspects of fasting after MBS.