Ecotourism a Sustainable Development Approach: A Case Study of Bandipur Forest

Title

Ecotourism a Sustainable Development Approach: A Case Study of Bandipur Forest

Creator

Rajan P.R.; Rishikesh K.B.

Description

Bandipur Tiger Reserve is geographically speaking, it is an ecological confluence since the Western and Eastern Ghats intersect here, making this region unique and exceptional in terms of its flora and fauna. The community land areas of all the border settlements as well as the nearby notified and unnotified forests have been included in the buffer of this tiger reserve. The scrub jungle along the park's eastern boundaries is made up of stunted trees, scattered bushes, and open grassland patches. The Eco-tourism activity is run in the two Ranges of Bandipur (54 km2) and GS Betta (28 km2), covering a total area of 82.00 km2, or around 9.40% of the Reserve's total size. From the above analysis, it could be concluded that the government should provide that there are administrative facilities, halting facilities, etc. just next to National Highway 67, which cuts through the eco-tourism region. Additionally, the village community people agree that the regions where some Private Tourist Resorts have situated border the Kundu Range's Eco-tourism area. The Reserve benefits from having almost year-round operations. The usual methods of stopping poaching, such as arresting and prosecuting offenders, have obviously failed; conservation education aiming at altering local attitudes will greatly reduce the ongoing threats to the integrity of biological systems in the Bandipur forest. Operationalizing sustainable ecotourism within protected areas ultimately relies on management and operations that maximize the industry's potential positive advantages while minimizing its negative ones. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

Source

Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, Vol-545, pp. 69-82.

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Subject

Ecotourism; Sustainable development

Coverage

Rajan P.R., D. Y. Patil Institute of Management Studies Affiliated to Savitri Phule Pune University, Pune, India, Department of Economics, Zamorins Guruvayurappan College, Calicut University, Kozhikode, India; Rishikesh K.B., Department of Commerce, School of Commerce, Finance and Accountancy, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560029, India, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 21984182

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65203-5_7

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