Can eco-tourism save the tiger?
Tourism is often blamed for putting pressure on our national parks and natural resources as well as damaging wilderness because of practices like dumping of garbage.
Juhi Chaudhary / CNN-IBN
Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation Awards were held on March 7 2008, at the India Habitat Centre amidst a gathering of eminent people. Since 2001, this event is held annually, where wildlife conservationists, as identified by an expert panel led by [1107 hrs IST]
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The Travel Operators for Tigers is a campaign initiative aimed at a collective and inclusive UK travel and tourism response to the tiger crisis in India. Tiger tourism derives hundreds of millions of pounds, rupees and dollars of revenue for travel operators, accommodation and service providers in India yet a tiny, almost negligible, fraction of this is currently reinvested in the conservation of the very parks and reserves you will enjoy as part of your holiday. TOFT works closely with resorts around the country and its members adhere to a strict code of conduct which which ensures not only better experiences for you as a traveller but a better long term future for Indian Wildlife
