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Over the years tourism
has been constantly developing in all parts of world.
Himalayas too face unprecedented amount of tourism
related activities, threatening ecology and local
communities that depend and exist with natural resources |
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Himachal's process of modernization including
development and growth, commercial exploitation of
the natural resource base has created new
proportions.
On one side, there is compulsive
restraint propagated & exercised by environmental
protection groups as well as government policies
and on other side aspirations associated with the
desire
to adopt westernized ways of living; employment
generation and tourism development has given
tremendous pressure to natural resources.
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There is constant flux and
contradiction with regard to tourism development
in Himachal. Rise in tourist arrival has helped
employment generation, business development,
revenue for state but side by side there has been
increasing instances of upheaval with natural resources,
contamination of fresh water rivers & lakes,
garbage accumulation in High Himalayan regions
and protected
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Disintegration of local communities has
also been a part of haphazard tourism development.
We continue to forget that what is exciting and
memorable for a tourist is our natural wealth, lifestyle
and culture. We must strive to safeguard our natural
environment & ethnicity.
Tourism related development has to be sustainable, it
needs to recognize the importance of using its revenue
for sustainable development such as planting trees,
cleanliness, recycling waste and creating ecological
awareness among the visitors and local community.
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