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| U'khand wildlife tourism grows |
| Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun Feb 16, 2010, 00:33 IST |
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After the recession, Uttarakhand may be hoping for a wildlife tourism boom.
But during the recession period also, wildlife had remained a major tourist attraction in the hill state, home to some of the world’s famous tiger reserves like Jim Corbett National Park.
During the year 2008-09, nearly 292,000 wildlife lovers visited important national parks and sanctuaries in the state as against 247,000 in 2007-08. And the Corbett National Park, which alone attracted 202,000 tourists during the period, continues to remain the first choice for visitors from home and abroad, says a latest book of the state forest department for 2008-09. While a total of 15,503 wildlife enthusiasts from foreign countries visited Uttarakhand, nearly half (8,757) of them had gone to Corbett Park alone last year.
Beating all other wildlife parks and sanctuaries in the state, the Corbett National Park also earned revenue of Rs 306.38 lakh for the department when the total revenue through wildlife tourism in the state stood at Rs 378.31 lakh as against Rs 341.95 lakh during the previous year. But only negative point was that the arrival of foreign tourists failed to grow during the period. The number actually came down to 15,503 from 16,463 in 2007-08.
Ever since Uttarakhand came into being, wildlife tourism is growing leaps and bound since 2000-01 when only 66,776 tourists had arrived in the state. The figure reached the 100,000 mark in 2002-03 and 200,000 in 2006-07.
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