A Study on Wildlife Tourism Management in Selected National Parks of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

newline Wildlife Tourism in India has been growing widely with synchronous efforts of government, community and travelers largely to explore the prospects of sustainable tourism. Increasing emphasis on sustainable tourism for meeting the socio-economic development needs have supported the significance of wildlife tourism in recent times. It serves as an economic tool for boosting the socio-economic development, creating new avenues for responsible tourism that serves the dual purpose of improving the living standard of local community and environmental conservation through joint efforts of all the stakeholders. newlineTheresearchaims tocreate greater insights on wildlife tourism management in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It aims to understand the existing status and trends of wildlife tourism in acomprehensivemanner. It identifies several factors that leads to satisfaction of tourists for thriving wildlife tourism in the state. It makes an effort to give a comprehensive account of wildlife tourism management in order to evaluate its larger potential giving useful insights on economic creditworthiness. Therebyemphasizingon rethinking thecontribution of wildlife tourism inuplifting the weaker sections of society, particularly the rural communities toenhance their quality of livelihood and achieve economic, social andculturalempowerment. newlineThe study aims to provide relevantand useful information that would help improve the socio-economic interests by evaluating the overall satisfaction and evaluating the overallsatisfactionlevels of tourists to revamp the success stories in other parts of the newlineExtensive literature survey was done to develop the research methodology.The primary data was collected using questionnaire method.Both descriptive andinferential analysis to know the satisfaction level and preferences of tourists to develop new avenues of wildlife tourism. It aims to give new insights for capitalizing wildlife tourism management to generate more avenues for wildlife tourism and addressing the concerns. newline