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Department of Management Studies, IIT, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
This is Tinu Ekanade from the Department of Management Studies, presently working as an assistant professor of IIT, Roorkee, India. his research interests are Community based tourism, Ecotourism activities, Himalayas.
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Social Entrepreneurship through a Community Based Eco-Tourism Policy in the Himalayan State of Uttarakhand
Author(s): Kapil Kumar Joshi* and Vinay Sharma
Uttarakand is a Himalayan state with magnificent biodiversity. It is a place of religious as well as natural tourism. Millions of people visit this state annually. Though many organizations and institutions are working in this state for tourism regulations but still there is a gap for an eco-tourism policy. Himalayan region being the most fragile eco system in the world needs an ecologically sound, least impact, low carbon, sustainable, economically viable, and socially accepted and community based tourism policy to provide a unique and incomparable experience to its visitors. This paper is an attempt to address all such issues by drafting a community based eco-friendly policy on tourism for the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0269.20.9.426