This document discusses eco-tourism in Tripura, India. It defines eco-tourism and its principles. It then provides an overview of Tripura's natural attractions that are well-suited for eco-tourism, including wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, lakes, hills, and forests. Data on tourist arrivals in Tripura by year and month is presented. Both the positive impacts of eco-tourism such as economic benefits and environmental protection, and the negative impacts like traffic and damage to landscapes are summarized. Problems to eco-tourism development in Tripura like lack of infrastructure and accessibility are also outlined. The conclusion states that Tripura has high potential for nature-based tourism if transportation, accommodations

1. ECO-TOURISM:
A brief Study of Tripura
Mihir Adhikary
Tripura University
(A central university)
Department of Geography and Disaster Management

2.  Responsible travel to
natural areas that
conserves the
environment and
sustains the well-being
of local people.
 All nature-based forms
of tourism in which the
main motivation of the
tourists is the
observation and
appreciation of nature
as well as the traditional
cultures prevailing in
natural areas.

3. FEATURES OF ECO-TOURISM
Its general characteristics
can be summarized as
follows (WTO definition):
 It contains educational
and interpretation
features.
 It is generally, but not
exclusively organized for
small groups by
specialized and small,
locally owned
businesses. Foreign
operators of varying sizes
also organize, operate
and/or market ecotourism
tours, generally for small

4. FEATURES OF ECO-TOURISM
 It minimizes negative impacts
upon the natural and socio-
cultural environment
 It supports the protection of
natural areas by:
• generating economic benefits
for host communities,
organizations and authorities
managing natural areas with
conservation purposes,
• providing alternative
employment and income
opportunities for local
communities,
• increasing awareness towards
the conservation of natural and
cultural assets, both among locals
and tourists.

5. HISTORY
Born in its current form in the late 1980s, Ecotourism
came of age in 2002, when the United Nations celebrated
the “International Year Of Ecotourism”.
Ecotourism is a concept that evolved over the last 20
years as the conservation community, people living in and
around protected areas, and the travel industry witnessed
a boom in nature tourism and realised their mutual
interests in directing its growth.

6. PRINCIPLES OF ECO-TOURISM
.
 Ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and
sustainable travel. This means that those who implement, participate
in and market ecotourism activities should adopt the following
ecotourism principles:
• Build environmental and cultural awareness and respect.
• Provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts.
• Provide direct financial benefits for conservation.
• Generate financial benefits for both local people and private industry.
• Deliver memorable interpretative experiences to visitors that help raise
sensitivity to host countries' political, environmental, and social climates.
• Design, construct and operate low-impact facilities.
• Recognize the rights and spiritual beliefs of the Indigenous People in your
community and work in partnership with them to create empowerment.
 Minimize physical, social, behavioural, and psychological impacts

7. ECO-TOURISM OF TRIPURA
• Tripura is the second smallest
state of North-East India with
extension from 22º51' to 24º32'
N latitude and 90º09' to 92º20'E
longitude covering an area of
10491.69 sq KM.
• Tripura is situated in the North-
Eastern part of India. Its
basically a hilly area and that’s
why this region is very much
attractive to the nature lovers.
• Not only the natural view but
also various ethnic,
archaeological and historical
destinations attracts tourists to
came hare.
• That’s why the eco-tourism
concept is developing very
rapidly in this region.

8. YEAR WISE TOURISTS ARRIVAL IN TRIPURA
SOURCE: Indian Streams Research Journal, ISSN:-2230-7850

9. MONTH WISE TOURIST ARRIVAL
SOURCE: Indian Streams Research Journal, ISSN:-2230-7850

10. SOME TOURIST DESTINATIONS OF
TRIPURA RELATED WITH ECO-TOURISM
 SEPAHIJALA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
 TEPANIA ECO-PARK
 DAMBOOR LAKE
 GOMATI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
 TRISHNA WILFLIFE SANCTUARY
 BARAMURA ECO-PARK
 JAMPUI HILL
 ROWA WILFLIFE SANCTUARY

11. SEPAHIJALA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
• LOCATION
Sepahijala Wildlife
Sanctuary is a wildlife
sanctuary in Tripura, India of
some 18.53 square
kilometres, about 25
kilometres from the city
centre, located in Bishalgarh.

12. ABOUT SEPAHIJALA WILDLIFE
SANCTUARY
• The sanctuary has been
developed both as a wildlife
sanctuary and as an
academic and research
centre.
• It is a woodland with an
artificial lake and
natural botanical and zoologi
cal gardens. It is famous for
its clouded
leopard enclosures. The
sanctuary contains a variety
of birds, primates, and other
animals.

13. TEPANIA ECO-PARK
Location:
Tepania park is located in
Tepania Gram Panchayet under
Matabari R.D Block in Gomti
district.
About:
It is situated in an area of 155
hectares inside
radhakrishorepur reserve forest
with charming ambience of
natural beauty, Tepania has
become a huge tourist
attraction.

14. •Tepania eco-park is mainly
attractive for its natural beauty.
•The park has an Orchid
atrium which house up to 225
species of orchids.
•Tepania homes a lot of
different species of animals
including capped languor, red
jungle fowl, hares and varieties
of reptiles.
•There has a beautiful wooden
bridge and also has some
beautiful wooden hotels.

15. DUMBOOR LAKE
Location:
 Dumboor Lake is a
charming water body
located in amarpur Sub
Division 120 Km. away
from Agartala.
About:
 The name Dumboor
originated from
“DUMBOOR” of Lord
Shiva.
 Total area of dumboor
lake is around 41sq.km.

16. ABOUT DUMBOOR LAKE
 There have 48 small
island in the midst of the
lake.
 The lake is the
confluence of rivers
Raima and Saima.
 Migratory birds and
water sports facilities are
additional attractions.
 In winter season
different migratory Birds
comes from different
region. Which increase
the attraction of this
place for tourists.

17. GOMATI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
• Location:
Gomti Wildlife sanctuary is
located in the Gomti district
of Tripura.
• About:
The area spreads a range
of 389.54 km2 and is rich in
flora and fauna. It is found
close to the sanctuary is a
huge water reservoir
involving a region of 300
km2.

18. ABOUT GOMATI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
 This sanctuary is the place for many
animals like elephants, sambar,
buffalo, yapping deer, sarow and wild
goat and numerous more.
 Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is one of
the prominent sanctuaries that speck
the bush clad landscapes of Tripura;
this sanctuary is a sign of the
common legacy of the state and
affirms the various Tripura wild life
and it is one of the best places of the
animal visitors.
 A few inhabitant and migratory birds
flock to this repository and henceforth
might be spotted effectively.

19. TRISHNA WILFLIFE SANCTUARY
• Location:
Trishna wildlife sanctuary is
situated in South Tripura
District. It is 18 KM away from
the sub divisional town of
Belonia and is connected with
Agartala by state highway.
• About :
The sanctuary has an area of
197.7 square KM. This
sanctuary has a numbers of
perennial water rivulets, water
bodies, and grass land.

20. ABOUT TRISHNA WILFLIFE SANCTUARY
 Trishna also harbours a good
stock of avifauna population
which is integral to the
prevalent ecosystem of the
Sanctuary
 In this sanctuary, there are
patches of virgin forests which
are rich in rare vegetation.

21.  Indian Gaur (Bison)
is an attraction of this
sanctuary. Apart from
it, there are varieties
of Birds, Deers,
Hollock Gibbon,
Golden Langur,
Capped Langur,
Pheasant and many
other animals and
reptiles.

22. BARAMURA ECO-PARK
• Location:
 Baramura Eco-park is
located in Teliamura
(District- Khowai) in
Baramura hill.
• About:
 It is 37 km away from
Agartala.
 The place gets its name
from Baramura range which
is an important range of
Tripura

23. ABOUT BARAMURA ECO-PARK
 The main attraction of this
Park are it's unique small
hut structures, which is
called “haowa House”
constructed by tribal
people.
 Baramura Eco Park is
perfect destination for
picnic parties, jungle
trekking.
 In winter season its looks
more attractive because
many types of flowers are
bloom.

24. Location:
 Jampui Hills is a hill
range located in the
North Tripura district in
the north eastern part of
Tripura.
About:
 The average altitude of
the hill range is
approximately 1000
metres above sea level.
 The highest peak of this
hill is Balinchhip ['Ba'-a
species of tuber, 'Lin'-to
plant(in mizo), 'Chhip' -a
peak(in mizo)]

25. ABOUT JAMPUI HILLS
 The view of rising and
setting sun from various
view points in Jampui hills
is a wonderful sight for the
tourists.
 Various view points in the
hill range provide excellent
panoramic views of the
valley and villages of
Mizoram.
 The local language is
called 'Lusei' tongue. Lusei
language is the common
language spoken by the
many Mizos living in
Mayanmar, Mizoram,
Manipur, Assam,
Bangladesh, Tripura and
other places.

26. ROWA WILFLIFE SANCTUARY
Location:
 Rowa wildlife sanctuary is
located in North Tripura
District of the state Tripura.
About:
 Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary in
Tripura is a small wildlife
sanctuary covering an area
of 85'85 hectares and it is
one of the few remains of the
natural forests left.
 Rowa Wildlife National Park
provides plenty of scope for
study by the botanists,
ecologists, environmentalist
and students of wildlife
system.

27. ABOUT ROWA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
 Tripura National Park tour of Rowa
Wildlife encounter you with more
than 150 species of birds, wild
beasts and primates. The sanctuary
with bountiful of forest reserves,
including both botanical and
zoological is worth a visit.
 The forest is rich with a large
number of economic plants such as
medicinal & aromatic, treat fodders,
fruit producing trees, oil-seed
producing trees, spices & orchids
and other ornamental plants.

28. IMPACTS OF
ECO-TOURISM
POSITIVE
IMPACT
NEGETIVE
IMPACT

29. POSITIVE
IMPACTS
Environmental
benefit
Economic
benefits
Socio-cultural
Benefits

30. I. Local people are
encouraged to conserve the
environment rather than
use it for damaging
activities.
II. It reduces poaching and
hunting of endangered
species.
III. Eco-tourism projects try to
reduces the use of fossil
fuels.
IV. Wastes that tourists create
is disposed of carefully.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

31. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
1. Eco-tourism creates jobs
for local people. Which
helps to the local economic
growth.
2. Local people not directly
employed in tourism can also
make money by selling local
crafts to visitor or supplying the
tourist industry with goods.

32. 3. People have better and more stable incomes in eco-tourism
than in other jobs, like farming.
4. Many tourism schemes fund community projects , e.g.-
school, water tanks, Health centers etc.

33. 1. Eco-Tourism can be beneficial for the host community as it provides
the financial means and the incentive to preserve cultural histories, local
heritage sites, and customs.
2. Eco-tourism also opens up the community to the wider world, new
ideas, new experiences, and new ways of thinking.
SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS

34. NEGATIVE IMPACTS
• Damage to the landscape: litter,
erosion, fires, disturbance to
livestock, vandalism.
• Traffic congestion and pollution.
• Local goods can become
expensive because tourists will
pay more.
• Shops stock products for tourists
and local peoples can’t get
products easily.
• Demand for holiday homes makes
housing too expensive for local
people.
• Jobs are mainly seasonal, low
paid with long hours.

35. PROBLEMS OF ECO-TOURISM IN TRIPURA
 Inaccessibility from the another
parts of India
 Bad condition of Roads

36. PROBLEMS OF ECO-TOURISM IN TRIPURA
 Accommodation facilities are
not enough good
 Lack of Tourist guide

37. CONCLUSION
Eco-tourism is a happy marriage between traditional tourism industry and
modern concept of sustainable eco-friendly development strategy of
tourism which reduces its negatives and increases the welfare of mankind.
Above discussion reveals that Tripura has very high potential of nature
based tourist industry for which government has to take necessary steps to
improve infrastructures including transport and communication system,
accommodation facilities, tourist guides, proper advertising etc.

38. REFERENCES
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