• Kuldeep Singh

Eco tourism is a new concept that supports the environmental conservation among local people, and also provides employment opportunities to them. Today, eco tourism is the emerging concept among tourists and encourages the development of tourism without degrading environment and natural resources. It has a potential to conserve and protect the natural areas and also known as vehicle to sustainable development. It is one of the accepted forms of alternative tourism that provides revenue to the people and also increases employment opportunities. As per ‘TIES’ eco tourism is defined as a “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and welfare of local people. “ The objective of this paper is to explore the status and scope of eco tourism potential in Rajasthan state. Rajasthan has a various national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, biosphere reserves, lakes and diverse economic segment .This paper will explore the opportunities and potential of eco tourism destination of Rajasthan. It will also focus on the challenges of eco tourism activity in Rajasthan and strategies by managers to resolve it .The paper is based majorly on secondary data collected from different published research articles, book chapters, Rajasthan government policies, reports, tourism policies, NGOs’ reports, articles and websites of Rajasthan Tourism. The findings of the study revealed that there is an implementing realistic ecotourism plan to overcome the lack of coordination between public and private sectors and to make local people more aware about the importance of conservation of nature so that their participations in future can be increased.

Eco Tourism, Sustainable Development, Local people, Rajasthan

"Scope of Eco Tourism through Strategic Approach: A Review study of Rajasthan (India)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.927-937, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K36.pdf

"Scope of Eco Tourism through Strategic Approach: A Review study of Rajasthan (India)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp927-937, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903K36.pdf