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Rest House
Tourism in wilderness areas has turned
out to be one of the major economic activities globally in
the last quarter of the 20th century. It has become a way of
paying for nature conservation and
increasing the value of
the natural resources. The custodians of natural areas,
conservationists and tourist alike have awakened to the
realization that one cannot save nature at the expense of
local people and they should be given a fair share in the
economic activities initiated in the area. Wildlife tourism
is an activity, which, if properly managed can give fairly
sustainable economic incentives to the local people.The existing Forest Rest House can be taken as base for this
purpose and their existing bed capacity and other facilities
can be increased and upgraded to meet the tourist’s needs.
The existing tariff charged by the Forest Department for the
rest houses is nominal. These facilities were never regarded
as source of generating sizeable revenue that can be
utilized for their maintenance and also due to the lack of
provision for ploughing back of the revenue generated from
tourism activities for the development of PA. Therefore,
existing accommodations in the Forest Rest Houses can be
renovated, toilet facilities improved and proper
housekeeping to be ensured catering to the requirement of
different class of tourist and the tariff revised
accordingly.
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