Volume : 3, Issue : 5, May - 2014
Indian Perspective on Tiger as a Tourism Product
Suyash Yadav
Abstract :
In India and world over, tiger as an animal has fascinated humans more than any other wild animal. Tiger is mentioned in the holy Indian scriptures of both Ramayana and Mahabharata. The biggest tiger population is still found on the Indian sub–continent though the tiger number was 40,000 in 1930.This decline indicates lack of comprehensive approach, which takes into account all the stakeholders’ concerned. As tiger became one of the biggest tourist attractions of modern times and a huge revenue earner for India, it is worthwhile to approach this declining potential resource of tourism in a tailor made manner. The present work is an attempt to focus on irresponsible tiger tourism practices in India through specific cases. It further suggests complementary steps which if applied in tiger management will remove the IUCN endangered status of tiger by 2030.
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Suyash Yadav / Indian Perspective on Tiger as a Tourism Product / Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol:3, Issue:5 May 2014