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With continuing growth of international tourism and tourists spending, much emphasis has been placed on gathering travel expenditure data. But studies on tourists spending behaviours are still very limited, and there is a lack of supporting empirical work in tourists´ behavior literature. As the nature and extent of expenditures are discretionary, it is crucial to understand tourists spending behaviors and the factors affecting such behaviour. During the process of developing sustainable and profitable tourist products, tourism planners take into consideration a wide range of activities tourists engage in. Knowledge on the expenditure patterns and extent of tourists´ spending during their visit to a particular destination will be helpful in the strategic planning of facilities and amenities. Tourists´ expenditure can be divided into two main broad categories. This book attempts to discuss the nature of expenditure and the extent of Uncategorized´ expenditure of tourists´ in Northeast India, an emerging destination. The information given in this book might be helpful for the researchers,market players and other groups interested in tourism.

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Dr. Uttam Kr. Baruah has been working as Assistant Professor in Commerce, Darrang College, Assam-INDIA since 1999. He is a post-graduate in Commerce (1995) and has received Ph.D.,Degree from Tezpur University in 2009. He has to his credit research papers, books, a large number of seminar papers besides conducting of sponsored research projects.

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