Carrying Capacity Assessment for the  Promotion of Ecotourism in Bangus Valley :  a Future Tourist Destination of J&K  India

SHAZIA LONE; FAYAZ. A. LONE; MALIK ASIF

Volume : II, Issue : III, March - 2013

Carrying Capacity Assessment for the Promotion of Ecotourism in Bangus Valley : a Future Tourist Destination of J&K India

Shazia Lone, Fayaz. A. Lone, Malik Asif

Abstract :

Bangus valley is an unexplored tourist destination of district kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir. The state government has proposed the place for the development of ecotourism but, to avoid environmental degradation from the tourism pressure and to maintain its ecological balance it was important to assess the tourism carrying capacity of the place. The present tentative investigation showed that the place can accommodate 3250 visits per day