Introduction
Tourism is a double-edged sword in India. While it brings economic benefits and cultural exchange, it also poses significant challenges to society, environment, and infrastructure.
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Main Body
Economic and social impacts:
1Princes of hill states attract tourism with amusements, ease of travel.
2Corporatization → chain of hotels, restaurants and online booking facilities.
3Unplanned development of hotels, infrastructure in landslide prone regions.
Environmental impacts:
1Rising tourist → more waste generation → solid waste dumping → ground water and soil pollution.
2Pressure on available water resources → water scarcity.
3Encroachment on available water bodies & springs → water shortage (e.g., Shimla water crisis).
4Threat to sensitive biodiversity.
5More vehicular emissions → climate change → melting of glaciers → impacting the silk flora, sea level.
6Rising temperature causing threat to biodiversity life shows [illegible].
7Infrastructure development in fragile himalayas → more extreme disasters like landslides, avalanches, cloud burst floods (Uttarakhand floods 2013).
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- Comprehensive coverage of environmental and social impacts
- Use of specific examples and current affairs
- Well-organized with clear categorization
Topper
Nidhi Goyal
AIR 91
Subject & Paper
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Topic
Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India
Urbanization
Tourism and urban development
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analytical and structured
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