Investigating the impact of tourism as a subject on primary educational curriculum

The conventional educational system in India has significant limitations while addressing the key issues of tourism.Presently, the tourism subject is mainly introduced at the higher education level.To improve the current situation of tourism industry in India, it is important to educate the students about the power of tourism and how it plays crucial role in the development of the country's economy.India has the inherent capacity to evolve into a prominent tourism hub, with a distinct range of attractions.In this work, quantitative research design is adopted with purposive sampling in order to investigate the various factors related to tourism and its impact at primary education level.This study includes 106 respondents such as teachers (54) and students (52) from Jammu and Kashmir (UT) who belong to University of Jammu and University of Kashmir survey questionnaire is used to collect data which is analysed statistically using SPSS.This study also highlights the various aspects of tourism which directly or indirectly involved in the development of individual's growth by adopting the tourism in their education curriculum.Findings revealed that 94% of the respondents were strongly believed that tourism education has positive impact on students and must be include as a subject in primary education curriculum to meet the challenges of tourism sector and better economic growth.Finally, this paper shed light on the opportunities and challenges associated with the introducing tourism at school level and suggest some recommendations for policymakers.