Nature Based Tourism In India

India is a land where diversity makes its mark in every possible way.

Ethiopian natural tourist destination. Natural based tourism in india. 32 nature and state of international tourism in india today tourism is the largest service industry in india with a contribution of 623 to national gdp and providing 878 of the total employment in the year 2011. The bountiful nature surrounding this small village of tyda is virtual and vestal modesty that is secretly set in the eastern ghats at an elevation of 700 meters approximately.

Tourism is the largest service industry in india with a contribution of 623 to the national gdp and 878 of the total employment in india. Wildlife or nature based tourism is growing in many countries across the world including india. Study sites in india.

Karanth and ruth defries examine trends and practices in wildlife tourism for ten parks across india. The government of india and the different state governments in india are now engaged in utilizing the wetlands and the lakes area decorating with the nature. These are results of their study from the forthcoming paper in the journal conservation letters.

Thus it forms the eco tourism sectors especially located very close to the metropolitan cities like mumbai kolkata delhi and bengaluru. Although we have data prior to 2002 we compare official numbers from the forest department from 2002 to 2008 for all 10 pas figure 4 table 1. Various approaches like participatory forestry management for the development of forests have been initiated.

India witnesses more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits1 the tourism industry in india generated about us100 billion in 2008 and that is expected to increase to us. Naturebased tourism is growing rapidly in india figures 3aj 4 5. The country shows a beautiful coexistence of snow clad trenches warm sandy deserts tropical beaches lush green forests all in one chunk.

It is one of the unexplored places in india and thus springs up as an eco tourism getaway in india with a rich bed of exotic flora including medicinal and aromatic plants.