Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve - Equitable Tourism Options

• While only 21% of locals expressed that tourism increased
purchasing capacity whereas 62% of locals said that it is not.
• 59%of people when opined that tourism has created space for
exposure to other culture for local people, 24 % of people have
expressed that tourism has not created such a space.
• 64% of locals said that improper land use the result of tourism
development in Masinagudi, 68% articulates that tourism has
caused pollution, 58% conveys that it resulted in to ground water
depletion, 35.5 % utters that it has obstructed elephant corridor,
21 % opines that tourists behave in ugly manner, 39% said that
tourism development has caused destruction of forest and loss of
biodiversity, 40% said that tourism has created a situation in which
the price of essential commodities has increased alarmingly, 55%
said that it has created changes in employment pattern,
44%expressed that it has lead to the influx of migrant population
and 66% said that pressures have been created due to tourism.
• Only 25 %ofresorts in Masinagudi owned by locals and 75% owned
by non-locals.
• The clientele proposition is that 33.32% are foreign tourists and
66.68% are domestic tourists.
• 0.4 % foreign tourist visits repeatedly and 0.2% only visits
repeatedly.
• The duration of stay of foreign tourists is minimum 2.21 days and
maximum 4 days.
• The duration of stay of domestic tourists is minimum 1 .73 days and
maximum 3 days.
• 50% of resort owners report that they are engaging travel agents for
promotion of tourist arrivals and 555 employ brochures for the
promotion, 35% use web sites for their business promotion,
15%use newspapers advertisements.
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