Impacts Of Tourism In The Himalayas

The principal activity is animal husbandry but forestry trade and tourism are also important.

Goa tourism packages from ahmedabad. Tourism in indian himalayas. Consequent direct air connectivity may have a positive impact on tourism flow especially that of rich travelers and tourists to the himalayan state. Impact on economy the dawn of the mass tourism era in the himalayas had an enormous influence on the local economy.

Theres a boosting awareness of the effects mass tourism has on todays environment. News summaries for october 2015. While this trend has the potential to bring economic stability to the region the effects of increased visitor numbers arent all positive.

Tourism and natural resources. Those include pockets of rich arable land extensive grasslands and. Positive impacts terracing is an example of a positive human impact and helps to both minimize damaging erosion and slow down the speed of water run off so that it may be sucked up by the soil and nurture crops.

With the number of visitors increasing dramatically the total amount of money spent by these visitors increased in the same way table 2. On the other hand tourism has also had an enormous impact on the local environment. The himalayas abound in economic resources.

In nepal tourism accounts for 10. The new airport located in pakyong is less than 40 kilometers from the state capital gangtok. Tourism has brought healthcare education roads electricity and wealth to some of the most remote isolated communities in the himalayas.

Its important for tourism to respect value and promote a certain areas value and it must be sensitive to the demands. Ergo the mere concept of sustainable tourism is starting to become increasingly more known. Wwf believes that by using an integrated approach biodiversity conservation can be achieved at the same time as improving livelihoods increasing the integrity of ecosystems and addressing the impacts of climate change.

November 3 2015 november 3. Sustainable tourism in the himalayas. By working with governments communities and industries wwf plans to introduce evolving integrated conservation measures and solutions that include not only biodiversity.

Last assignment of the year. Poaching is also a big problem in the himalayas which was described with all of the endangered species. Himalayas himalayas economy.

When tourism is encouraged in an area with inadequate resources it will have a negative impact on the ecosystem of the area. Economic conditions in the himalayas partly depend on the limited resources available in different parts of that vast region of varied ecological zones. 3 impacts of modern mass tourism a.