Abstract :
Tourism infrastructure is a primary key to tourism development in a destination region and also a
product of regional development based on the utilization of existing destination resources. The nature of
tourism attractiveness and development varies in different destination region based on the level of
competitiveness of tourism infrastructure. This paper deals with the methodological aspect of
calculation of tourism infrastructure development index (TIDI) in a different district of Himachal
Pradesh based on modifies human development index (HDI) method and also composite Z-score
method. The comparative methodological analysis carried out in this article to judge the level of
tourism infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh. Based on available secondary sources of tourism
infrastructure data, tourism infrastructure development index carried out and result reveals the fact that
there exists spatial differentiation of tourism infrastructure in different districts in the state. The nature
of the development of tourism and its infrastructure varies according to the nature of the
physiographical and socio-cultural environment in the destination region
Keyword :
Tourism, Tourism Infrastructure TIDI Modified HDI Z-score