Sustainable Eco-Tourism and Local Community Development: An Empirical Study based on Chilapata Forest and Jaldapara National Park, Alipurduar, West Bengal
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North Bengal is a wide region with beautiful rivers, dense forests, tea gardens, valleys, National Parks and amazing landscapes. The pulsating tourist destinations of North Bengal had always attracted tourists from all around the world. With lavish leisure travel to adventurous trekking and cycling in mountains, North Bengal tourism offers overwhelming experience to its visitors. One of the most attractive tourists’ destinations in the region is Chilapata forest, located near Jaldapara National Park in Dooars, Alipurduar District. The objective of the present study is to evaluate community development through eco-tourism activities in the region. Cultural, economic and environmental factors in Chilapata forest have been analysed. With the help of Structural Equation Modeling, it has been found that the above factors have positive impact on livelihood improvement of local community in the Chilapata forest region and Jaldapara National Park.
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