Tourism Potential in Ecological Zones and Future Prospects of Tourism

Tourism is the world’s largest commercial industry and has tremendous potential to contribute economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development in both developed countries and emerging nations. Kashmir which is known for Heaven on Earth offers rich opportunities for tourism and development of economy. Kashmir has beautiful tourist spots which can fascinate tourists all over the world. This book describes a detailed account of geographical personality of the Kashmir Valley and it discusses those aspects which have direct bearing on the tourism, the history of tourism during Ancient, Medieval, British and Post-Independence Period, the delineation of Kashmir valley into different ecological zones and highlights the impacts of tourist attractions of Kashmir Valley like, weather, scenic beauty, historical monuments and culture, snowfall, saffron cultivation and festivals on the tourist flow, and finally highlights the strategies, policies, programmes, problems and suggestions for sustainable development through tourism industry, new ideologies, and new concepts in tourism and social-economic development of society through tourism in Kashmir Valley.