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Explain the relevance of green tourism for sustainable development of mountain environment in India.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Industry

Green tourism is an operating standard, not a product: it prescribes how a facility is built, powered, watered, provisioned and cleaned. Eco-tourism names a nature-based product, so a park lodge can be eco-tourism yet remain resource-intensive. Only green tourism regulates the metabolism of the operation.

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  • 1. Slope stability and construction load
  • 2. Water, glaciers and springs
  • 3. Waste and energy at altitude
  • 4. Beyond the Himalaya: the Western Ghats and the Nilgiris
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