How eco tour is different from Sustainable Tourism / Cultural Tourism / Heritage Tourism?
Eco Tour, a nature based travel, is relatively a new term which aims to conserve the resources (environment) and improve the well being of local people. Sustainable Tourism, on the other hand, is broadly centred upon consideration of local people, culture, customs, tradition and economic condition of locals, along with protecting and preserving the resources. Unlike Eco Tourism, Sustainable Ttourism puts its faith in the fact that tourism has to benefit the host (local pople) and natural resources have to be preserved for long time. Cultural and Heritage Tourism are older terms in comparison to Eco Tour, as it is about offering tourist a glimpse and exploration of its cultural and historical destinations. On the other hands, Eco Tour is different in sense that it might be broader than Cultural and Historical Tour, as an eco place might be naturally as well historically and culturally rich. Eco regions in India The diverse geographical structure of the country brings great delight for e