Growth of Eco-tourism in India and how this segment of concept-tourism can take its roots throughout India by conscious efforts of holidaymakers: a brief overview.
Eco tourism is growing in popularity and practice everywhere in the conscious world and India too, is making efforts for this concept-tourism to catch on by educating in-bound tourists and citizens about civic responsibility coupled with scientific findings that could lead to a better living environment for human, animal and plant species and a more beautiful, incredible India!
Sowing the seeds of social and ecological awareness: growth of eco-tourism in India
It began with raising awareness about local culture, wilderness adventure tour packages that raised consciousness about how to conduct lives in the lap of nature; then spread to actively volunteering time, money and physical efforts to protect and preserve Indian natural reserves and now there is a high degree of commitment from foreign and local tourists, due to personal growth and learning new ways to live on the planet. Thus, what began as a movement has now become nothing short of a celebration of life and India too is embracing the advantages of promoting the cause of Eco-tourism: traveling to destinations where the flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions!
Eco tourism in India has grown with the seeds of responsible tourism being sown by educating tourists through programs that talk about how to minimize the adverse effects of traditional tourism on the natural environment. A lot of credit for the growth of eco tourism in India goes to the united efforts of media initiatives, private travel agency contributions, coupled with NGO efforts and governmental eco-tourism awareness programs about eco-tourism etiquette when in India!
Nearly five thousand years back flourished India's first major civilisation along the Indus River valley. The twin cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa now in Pakistan were ruled by priests and held the rudiments of Hinduism. These civilisations are known to possess a sophisticated lifestyle, a highly developed sense of aesthetics, an astonishing knowledge of town planning and an undecipherable script language. The Indus civilization at one point of time extended nearly a million square kilometres across the Indus river valley. It existed at the same time as the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Sumer but far outlasted them. Surviving for nearly a thousand years the Indus valley civilisation fell to tectonic upheavals in about 1700 BC, which caused a series of floods.
The coming of the Aryans around 1500 BC, gave the final blow to the collapsing Indus Valley civilisation. At the dawn of Vedic ages the Aryans came in from the North and spread through large parts of India bringing with them their culture and religious beliefs. The Four Vedas or the important books of Hinduism were compiled in this period.
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