INDIA: TOURISM BENEFITS TIGER POPULATION

Posted January 23, 2015

The rising population of tigers in India can partly be attributed to the success that tiger reserves have played in recent years. In 2012, tourists were banned from visiting the main sections of 40 reserves, which prompted conservationists to argue that tigers would be more susceptible to the impacts of logging and poaching. This ban was however overturned later on in 2012 in favour of an approach that would allow tourists to visit these areas but in a more regulated way.

As these figures show, tiger conserves are proving to be hugely popular for an ever increasing group of nature tourists, with some wildlife tours in India increasing by up to 25 per cent each year. Julian Matthews, a spokesperson of the campaign group Travel Operators for Tigers, has cited that in 2010, his charity conducted research showing that a single tiger in a reserve can be worth $750,000 per year to the tourist trade.

If this fine balance between tourism and conservation continues, then perhaps an animal that was so close to the cusp of extinction may not be lost for good.

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