NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON ECO-TOURISM

Tourism industry one of the major industries in the world but is not fully developed and exploited in India. Eco-Tourism one of the forms of tourism has a great potential and not able attract national and international tourists due to lack of proper transport infrastructure. In this paper need for transportation infrastructure development, the issues associated and strategies required are discussed through Shimoga-Eco tourism as a case study. According to the Economic Survey 2011-12, the sector has the capacity to create large scale employment both direct and indirect, for the diverse sections of the society, from the most specialized to unskilled workforce. As per the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), it provides 6-7 per cent of the world's total jobs directly and millions more indirectly through the multiplier effect.