PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF STREET VENDORS IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT

Abstract

Street vendor means a person engaged in vending of articles, goods, food items, etc. of everyday use or offering services to the general public in a street lane, sidewalk, footpath pavements, and public parks or any other public place or private areas or from temporary built-up structure. Street vendors may be stationary in the sense that they occupy space on the pavements or other public/private spaces or they may be mobile in the sense they move from place to place by carrying their wares or push carts or in baskets on their heads. The main objective of the study is to identify the prospects of street vendors. This study used questionnaire to collect primary data, the data were collected from street vendors in Tirunelveli District.