Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Eco–tourism potential of Akhnoor town

Mr. Naseeb Kumar Bhagat, Mr. Kamal Kishore Verma, Mr. Rahul Sharma

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Responsible travel that conserves the environment and sustains the well – being of local people. The ecotourism mean tourism dedicated towards the ecology and environment of the area, which includes natural sites such as rivers, lakes, mountains, landscape, national park, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves and also places of cultural importance and heritage. In other words we can say that tourism that involves travelling to relatively undisturbed or uncontaminated natural areas with the specific objective of studying, admiring and enjoying the scenery, wild plants and animals, as well as the existing cultural aspects (both past and present), found in those areas. It is also known as natural tourism. In the present paper efforts has been made to highlights the major eco–tourism spots of Akhnoor town, which were studied during the environmental field visits conducted in the session 2012–2013, along with the students of B.SC –II. This visit was a part of educational curriculum.  

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Mr. Naseeb Kumar Bhagat, Mr. Kamal Kishore Verma, Mr. Rahul Sharma Eco-tourism potential of Akhnoor town Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VI June 2013

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