{"product_id":"studies-on-impact-of-tourism-von-satya-priya-sinha-bitapi-c-sinha-und-qamar-qureshi","title":"Studies on Impact of Tourism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gir forests were constituted into wildlife  sanctuary in 1965 and its core area notified as  national park in 1975. The protection thus accorded  to the area enhanced the flora and fauna attributes.  However this fame rested largely on its being the  last refuge of Asiatic lion, and the lion shows  organized by the forest department became very  popular with the visitors where they could see and  photograph this majestic beast with relative ease.  It also made the Gir, one of the most well-known and  visited protected areas in the country. The lion  show came to be seen as an over exposure, causing  apprehensions about animal loosing its natural  instincts, and the shows were stopped in  1988.Tourism receives about 2 million visitors  annually. With this sector, a trend described as  nature tourism and ecotourism. Within the Gir  protected area, there are 26 temple complexes where  more than 1.5 lakh pilgrims visit annually.  Of  these however, only three may be considered the  major ones ¿ Tulsishyam, Kankai, and Banej which  together account for most of the pilgrim traffic in  the PA.The current study was to find out the impact  of tourism on Gir PA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783844314533\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOn Gir Protected Area, Junagadh, Gujarat, India\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783844314533","offer_id":39495938801757,"sku":"9783844314533","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d2912fe4-4bb8-452f-af7c-bc9512e4afdc.jpg?v=1776496342","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/studies-on-impact-of-tourism-von-satya-priya-sinha-bitapi-c-sinha-und-qamar-qureshi","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}