• Dr. Pradeepta Kumar Mishra

Eco-tourism is defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well being of the local people, has caught attention of the government, planners and policy makers. Most of the tourism categories like, pilgrim tourism, heritage tourism, adventure tourism, sports tourism, beach tourism and eco-tourism are related to natural areas and natural environment and may logically be considered under the umbrella of eco-tourism. Eco-tourism is considered as a profitable and as an important tool conservation of environment and sustainable development. Tourism is a rapidly growing smokeless industry where man power is the most important raw materials in recent years. But eco-tourism has high employment potentiality with multiplier effects with ecologically and economically viable with sustainability. The study area is based on Malkangiri district which is full of picturesque hills and forests, wild life, wilderness areas, hill steams, waterfalls, reservoirs, caves, terraced fields etc. Except these things, the top most attractions are the its original inhabitants, ‘the Adivasis’ and their villages with their shrines and deities, the local sacred groves, their colourful dresses, ornaments, songs, dances, folk plays, their arts and crafts are all treasure and sustainable development in the form of eco-tourism Eco-tourism potential of Malkangiri district is the basic insight of the paper.

Alternative tourism, Boat-houses, Conservation, Eco-tourism, Eco-museums, Eco-tourism, Eco-villages, Eco-cottages, Mass tourism, Sacred-groves, Sustainable development, Tree-houses, Trekking, Traditionally marketing.

" Ecotourism Potentials and Possibilities in Malkangiri district of Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.474-485, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G69.pdf

" Ecotourism Potentials and Possibilities in Malkangiri district of Odisha", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp474-485, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905G69.pdf