Review Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 203-209
Ecotourism in Uttar Kannada District and Its Impact on Tourism Industry
Shri Manjunath Hongalad1, Dr S I Biradar2
1Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
2Professor, Department of Geography, Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Corresponding Author: Shri Manjunath Hongalad
ABSTRACT
Ecotourism is entirely a new approach to tourism. Ecotourism is preserving travel to natural areas to appreciate the cultural and natural history of the environment, taking care not to disturb the integrity of the ecosystem, while creating vacancies and economic opportunities that make preservation and security of natural resources advantageous to the local people.
In short, ecotourism can be considered as tourism programme that is - "Nature-based, ecologically sustainable, where education and explanation is a major constituent and where native people are helped." All this together can be called ecotourism. If travel does not satisfy any one of these constituents, then it is not called a real ecotourism venture.
Karnataka rich with attractive beauty is located at the southern part of India. Resourceful with all kind of verities including temples, wildlife sanctuaries, waterfalls, cosmopolitan cities, valleys, hill resorts, beaches etc..., Karnataka is a must visit the state in India for all tourist enthusiasts and will not get disappointed. Karnataka has 320 km Long, virgin, pristine, and unexploited coastline. From Ullal to Karwar, Karnataka has the most beautiful and amazing coastal landscape. This paper focuses on ecotourism and its destinations located in Karnataka, the impact of ecotourism destinations for Karnataka Tourism Development.
Key words: Ecotourism, Nature, Uttara Kannada, Forest.
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