Community Based Tourism: A Tool for Sustainable Development in Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand

Ms. Alka Maheshwari; Dr. Piyush Sharma

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Community Based Tourism: A Tool for Sustainable Development in Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand

Ms. Alka Maheshwari, Dr. Piyush Sharma

Abstract :

Sustainability has always been a major concern for any development initiative and tourism is no exception. The concept of community based tourism paves the way for involvement of locals in tourism related activities and generates employment for them while they provide services to the tourists visiting in the area. But this has to be planned in a way to be sustainable in long term. This narrative paper attempts to understand the issues related to sustainable development and share the observations and recommendations as well as suggest the strategies to utilize the concept of CBT for sustainable tourism development in Garhwal region in Uttarakhand taking the case study of Har Ki Dun.