Debasish Batabyal

Debasish Batabyal is currently teaching at Amity University, Kolkata, India. Dr. Debasish regularly speaks at academic conferences around the world and shares his views on various research themes, such as sustainable tourism, tourism for economic development, relationship marketing, and services marketing. He has contributed to articles and chapters in various prestigious journals and edited books respectively at international and national levels. As a key member, he also worked with various research institutes and team members, including committee for the production of development reports by UNDP, District Gazetteer Development committee etc. He was also a guest/invited speaker in many Indian Universities and institutes of high reputes e.g. Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Sikkim Central University, Burdwan University. He has more than 10 years of experience of teaching business courses in India at several tourism-based schools globally. He participates and design various short term training courses for the academicians and industry professionals. Recently, he has completed a UNESCO sponsored MOOC from the Universita della Svizerra Italiana, Switzerland. Besides, he has authored a book: Development of Hill Tourism in Sikkim: Aspects & Challenges.

Publications

Exploring Culture and Heritage Through Experience Tourism
Exploring Culture and Heritage Through Experience Tourism
Yashwant Singh Rawal, Rupa Sinha, Sankar Kumar Mukherjee, Debasish Batabyal. © 2023. 348 pages.
The impact of disasters and crises on culture, heritage, and religious tourism, have been realized in recent years, creating a need for solutions to heal and prevent future...
A Perspective on Animal Cruelty: Conservation in Religious and Mythological Tourism in South Asia
A Perspective on Animal Cruelty: Conservation in Religious and Mythological Tourism in South Asia
Debasish Batabyal, Pratim Chatterjee, Somnath Chatterjee, Namrata Chakrabortty. © 2023. 10 pages.
Given the growing importance of conservation and preservation of animals and other species, the purpose of the chapter is to present a review of literature around the subject....
Animal Cruelty and Sacrifice in Religious and Mythological Tourism: Perspective and Challenges in South Asia
Animal Cruelty and Sacrifice in Religious and Mythological Tourism: Perspective and Challenges in South Asia
Pratim Chatterjee, Debasish Batabyal, Namrata Chakrabortty, Yashwant Singh Rawal, Sankar Kumar Mukherjee, Soumyadeep Roy. © 2023. 14 pages.
Given the growing importance of the conservation and preservation of animals and other species, the purpose of the chapter is to review the ritualistic killing and cruelty of...
Hedonic Experience of Visitors at a Heritage Site: A Netnographic Study
Hedonic Experience of Visitors at a Heritage Site: A Netnographic Study
Partho Pratim Seal, Debasish Batabyal. © 2023. 13 pages.
Tourism is an activity that provides experience for the tourist. The experience is of high importance, and is accompanied by satisfying and pleasurable emotions. The experience...
Global Entrepreneurial Trends in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Global Entrepreneurial Trends in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Debasish Batabyal. © 2020. 309 pages.
Tourism has been gaining importance in recent decades with its increasing socio-economic, geo-political, and ecological contributions, including its potential contribution to...
Rural Entrepreneurship Through Tourism in the Himalayan Region With Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh, India
Rural Entrepreneurship Through Tourism in the Himalayan Region With Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh, India
Debasish Batabyal, Bani Ratna Padhi. © 2020. 14 pages.
The global economy has been witnessing phenomenal change over a long period. The service sector has been dominating the manufacturing industries. That shows the mammoth...
Global Trends, Practices, and Challenges in Contemporary Tourism and Hospitality Management
Global Trends, Practices, and Challenges in Contemporary Tourism and Hospitality Management
Debasish Batabyal, Dillip Kumar Das. © 2019. 318 pages.
As one of the largest service industries serving millions of international and domestic individuals yearly, it is important to understand the current trends, practices, and...
Urban and Rural Ecotourism in and Around Bolpur: A Study of Destination Marketing and Challenges – Ecotourism Practices in West Bengal, India
Urban and Rural Ecotourism in and Around Bolpur: A Study of Destination Marketing and Challenges – Ecotourism Practices in West Bengal, India
Debasish Batabyal, Dillip Kumar Das. © 2019. 18 pages.
Bolpur is a district town in Birbhum, West Bengal. This place is famous for Viswabharti in Shanti Niketan where a new school of thought was initiated by Rabindranath Tagore....
Pricing for Hill Tourism Destination: An Empirical Analysis of Sikkim Himalaya, India – Linear Price Model for Himalayan Hill Station
Pricing for Hill Tourism Destination: An Empirical Analysis of Sikkim Himalaya, India – Linear Price Model for Himalayan Hill Station
Debasish Batabyal. © 2019. 13 pages.
Pricing an alpine tourism is unlike pricing a tangible product. As a part of overall marketing strategy pricing a destination has lot of intricate issues that starts from the...
Managing Sustainable Tourism Resources
Managing Sustainable Tourism Resources
Debasish Batabyal. © 2018. 330 pages.
Different tourism sites and destinations require different management approaches to maintain resources for both tourists and native populations. Through evaluating ongoing...