ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM1 Explain the meaning of Abiotic Environment with the help of appropriate examples?2 Discuss the impact of tourism on environment and suggest measures to reduce adverse impacts ?3 Write an essay on Responsible Tourism ?4 What is Tourism Master Plan ? Explain.5 Analyse critically the relationship between conservation requirements and development ?6 Describe Chipko Movement and the debate on building large dams in India ?7 Discuss how tourism is both an opportunity to the locals as well as pressure on locals?8 Evaluate the impact of tourism on wildlife?9 Discuss the importance of wetlands. Also examine the impact ol tourism on wetlands ?10 Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each :(i) The Aquatic Biomes(ii) Indian Philosophy and Environment(iii) VisitorBehaviour(iv) The Making of Shimla(v) Adventure Sports11 What are the different components of the abiotic environment ? How have they changed with time ?12 Explain main elements of Indian philosophical views on environment?13 Write an essay on the relationship between environment and development?14 What is multiplier effect ? How does it affect the economy of an area 15 How does tourism affect environment ? Discuss critically.16 How did the National Action plan of 1992 affect tourism ? Describe.17 How would you identify pressures and assess thresholds on environment in the context of tourism ?18 Write a note on the process through which various mountains were transformed into hill stations ?19 What are wetlands ? How does excessive tourism affect them ?20 Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each :(a) Hotels and Resorts(b) Wildlife(c) Politics of Environment(d) Tourism Master Plan21 Describe in detail the nature of terrestrial biomes of the world ?22 How is environment described in the Indian philosophical tradition ? Discuss.23 Does tourism activity always affect environment adversely ? Examine.24 Examine the importance of regional assets in tourism development ?25 Discuss the role of locals in tourism development ?26 Examine the nature of wild life in any two biogeographic zones of India?27 Describe how the hill-stations of Darjeeling and Nilgiris were established ?28 Examine the character of beaches in India. What are the possibilities of tourism promotion there ?29 Write an essay on the water sports in India ?30 Write short notes on any two of the following in about 300 words each :(a) The Ecosystem and its components(b) Sustainable Development(c) Importance of Tourism Master Plan(d) India Tourism Policy-1982(e) Visitor Behaviour and Environment.31 What are biomes ? Describe some of the terrestrial biomes of the world.32 How has the environmental question been understood in the Indian philosophicaltradition ?33 Write a note on the nature of relationship between environment and development?34 Define 'Community'. How have local communities been influenced by tourism ?35 Write a note on tourism as a tool for conservation.36 Write an essay on the politics of environment?37 What are the ways in which the local physical environment is affected by visitor behaviour ?38 Write a note on wild life ? How does it get affected by tourism ?39 Write an essay on the role of different kind of accommodation in promoting tourism?40 Write short notes on any two of the following in about 250 words each :(a) Tourism Master Plan(b) Wet Lands(c) Hill Stations(d) Multiplier Effects
