Host Community’s Perception Towards Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism: an anthropological study of host destinations of Kashmir

The study endeavors to know the host community’s perception regarding socio-cultural impacts of tourism in tourist destination Gulmarg. present adopted a quantitative approach and distributed questionnaire among respondents study. investigation is based on findings survey 147 residents destination. For descriptive statistics factor analysis technique SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software was used. unidimensionality (Confirmatory Factor Analysis CFA) identified factors tested through AMOS. revealed that community perceive positive i.e. development creating employment opportunities, improving local peoples’ incomes, stimulating economy. Residents also agreed has improved security their communities preserved conserved culture traditions area. Furthermore, do not any negative impact Therefore, will assist planners government planning implementation strategies area aiming at consolidating residents’ support tourism. Key words: Socio-cultural impacts; Host community; Tourism.