A STUDY ON THE ATTITUDE OF TOURISTS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY


Dr.S.Mayilvaganan
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Abstract

The crux of this article is finding the ways and means of maintaining an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources in particular to tourism industry. Ecotourism makes the natural resources sustainable to live with and it also reduces the carbon footprints of human beings in tourist spots. Ecotourism also intends to preserve local community people of that location. This article explains the reason of going green with tourism industry. The respondents’ opinion on ecotourism is analysed through data collection. This article focuses on the environmental concern of people in respect to tourism industry.  This article speaks about how ecotourism is practiced in India. This paper deals with the attitude of people travelling to different locations about their opinion on ecotourism. The respondent’s opinion is obtained in order to analyse and tabulated later to reveal the main findings of the study. Proposition on improving ecotourism is also suggested in this paper.

KEYWORDS: Ecotourism, sustainability, natural resources, carbon neutral, wildlife and local community.

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EPRA International Journal of Economic and Business Review(JEBR)

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Vol : 4
Issue : 7
Month : July
Year : 2016
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