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Explain how eco-tourism activities could be important livelihood options in the Himalayan and North-Eastern regions of the country.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Industry

The pivot is livelihood, not conservation. Eco-tourism is the rare rural non-farm activity that monetises assets the mountain household already owns, a house, terrain knowledge, craft skill and customary forest rights, without demanding land, capital or out-migration.

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