Sustainable Tourism

ASSIGNMENT A

1    What do you understand by term Sustainability? Explain its relevance to Tourism

2    State the basic principle of sustainable tourism.

3    Describe the relevance of GATS summit in sustainable tourism.

ASSIGNMENT B
Case study
Jim Corbett National Park, which is a part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve, a Project Tiger Reserve lies in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The magical landscape of Corbett is well known and fabled for its tiger richness. Established in the year 1936 as Hailey National Park, Corbett has the glory of being India's oldest and most prestigious National Park. It is also being honored as the place where Project Tiger was first launched in 1973. This unique tiger territory is best known as the father who gave birth of the Project Tiger in India to protect the most endangered species and the Royal of India called Tigers.

Spans over an extent of 520 square kilometers, its whole area comprises of hills, marshy depressions, riverine belts, grasslands and large lake. It is among the few tiger reserves in India that allows overnight stays in the lap of the National Park. Nature watch and wildlife viewing in the park is done in an open four wheeler Jeep and on elephant back. Sheltering a healthy population of tigers and rare species like Otters and the endemic fish eating crocodile, the national park is one of the most sought after destinations for the wildlife buffs. Dhikala, situated at the border of the extensive Patil Dun valley, is the most popular destination in Corbett because of its superb location and sheer abundance of wildlife present.

If you love bird watching then Corbett is virtual haven for such tourists. Corbett and its adjoining area is a home to more than 650 species of residents and migratory birds. Particularly Dhikala is fine place to look for birds of prey, more than over 50 species of raptors alone shows the healthy biodiversity of the area. Their multiplex behavior is intriguing and their varied songs are very much pleasing to the ear. In a nutshell, this finest national park of India is well known for rich and varied wildlife including royal Bengal tiger, elephant, four to five species of deer and rich birdlife.

Q.No 1: State the significance of Jim Corbett National Park.
  
Q.No 2: Which part of India, this park is located? When was this named?
  
Q.No 3: How this national park can be associated with sustainable tourism?

ASSIGNMENT C

Valley of Flowers is a famous tourist attraction located in
 (A): Himachal Pradesh
 (B): Uttarakhand
 (C): Kerala
 (D): Jammu & Kashmir

Sikkim is recently annaounced as most
 (A): Cleaned state
 (B): Dirty state
 (C): Polluted state
 (D): populated state

Kaziranga National Park is located in
 (A): Arunchal Pradesh
 (B): Assam
 (C): West Bengal
 (D): Mizoram

Bhutan has the maximum forst land in their geographical region
 (A): 60%
 (B): 50%
 (C): 45%
 (D): 73%

Project Tiger wass initiated to save which species of animal
 (A): Lion
 (B): Tiger
 (C): Rhino
 (D): Leopard

In which of the following states of India is located a tiger reserve, which is also a World Heritage site?
 (A): Rajasthan
 (B): Assam
 (C): Madhya Pradesh
 (D): Uttar Pradesh

Gir National Park is located in which sate
 (A): Rajasthan
 (B): Gujarat
 (C): Madhya pradesh
 (D): Maharashtra

GATS refers to as
 (A): Graduate aptitude test services
 (B): General agreement on trade in services
 (C): Green Apple trade servives
 (D): Green agreement on travel services

Ecotourism is closely associated with
 (A): wildlife tourism
 (B): photography tourism
 (C): Sustainable tourism
 (D): adventure tourism

Restricted areas mostly found is
 (A): city
 (B): rural
 (C): wildlife
 (D): village

The western ghats in Maharashtra is known as?
 (A): Nilgiris
 (B): Sahyadris
 (C): Cardamon Hills
 (D): Annamalai

God's own country is tag line of tourism promotion of which state
 (A): Uttarakhand
 (B): Madhyapradesh
 (C): Sikkim
 (D): Kerala

Tourism is said to sustainable when there is minimum damage to
 (A): natural resources
 (B): society resources
 (C): economic resources
 (D): political resources

Food, space, disease, natural disasters, climate, competition and predation are examples of what?
 (A): Capacity factors
 (B): Limiting factors
 (C): Predation factors
 (D): Sustainable factors

Production, transformation and use of energy are the major problems of
 (A): Industrial activity
 (B): Sustainable development
 (C): Global warming
 (D): Acid rain

A sustainability report is the key platform for communicating ., __ and impacts whether positive or negative
 (A): Sustainability performance
 (B): Management decisions
 (C): Financial analysis
 (D): Information

Eco hotels is term used for
 (A): Floating hotels
 (B): Green hotels
 (C): resorts
 (D): City hotels

Carbon footprints is used to determine the amount of offsets necessary by a business to sell their product as ___ but is not used to determine carbon liability
 (A): Carbon neutral
 (B): Carbon dating
 (C): Carbon cutting
 (D): Carbon rating

Electronic waste is the adverse effect of
 (A): Industry
 (B): Agriculture
 (C): Housing
 (D): Mining

Ozone layer in the atmosphere protects which rays to reach the earth
 (A): UV
 (B): AV
 (C): BV
 (D): PV

Greenhouse effect is associated with
 (A): green farming
 (B): yellow farmimg
 (C): Corn farming
 (D): Grain farming

The idea of sustainable development was conceived in early
 (A): 1950
 (B): 1960
 (C): 1970
 (D): 1980

Sustainable Development focuses on more use of:
 (A): Renewable resources
 (B): Abiotic resources
 (C): Agricultural resources
 (D): Natural resources

The 3 R's refers to as
 (A): Reproduce, Regain, Rebuild
 (B): Reuse, Recycle, Reduce
 (C): Rewind, Redefine, Rebuild
 (D): Ready, Repeat, Restart

The total percent of land of world under forest is
 (A): 26
 (B): 31
 (C): 46
 (D): 41

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a treaty of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that entered into force in January _________
 (A): 1995
 (B): 1975
 (C): 1985
 (D): 2001

World Tourism Organization has shown concern to which form of tourism?
 (A): Agritourism
 (B): Pilgrimage tourism
 (C): Sustainable tourism
 (D): LGBT tourism

The following is (are) the non-renewable resources
 (A): Coal
 (B): Petroleum
 (C): Natural Gas
 (D): All of the above

The resources which are found everywhere are known as
 (A): Non-renewable resources
 (B): Ubiquitous
 (C): Manmade resources
 (D): None of the above

Environmental degradation is leading to
 (A): Global warming
 (B): Global developemnt
 (C): Global Rise
 (D): Growth development

Mass tourism at a destination can lead to ____________ consumption of resources.
 (A): Over
 (B): Under
 (C): equal
 (D): No

Which of the following is closely related to Sustainable tourism?
 (A): Responsible tourism
 (B): Space tourism
 (C): Beach tourism
 (D): Pilgrimage tourism

Kanha National Park is in :
 (A): Madhya Pradesh
 (B): Rajasthan
 (C): Gujarat
 (D): Uttar Pradesh

Machhli name is associated with which wild life animal?
 (A): Fish
 (B): Tiger
 (C): Lion
 (D): Elephant

Sustainable Tourism is concept related to enhance tourism for
 (A): shorter time
 (B): longer time
 (C): same time
 (D): past time

Responsible tourism is term which means
 (A): tourist's being responsible
 (B): VFR
 (C): adventure tourism
 (D): self made tourism

T-16 was the oldest tiger which was most favourite amoung the tourists was in
 (A): Jim Coebett National Park
 (B): Kahana National Park
 (C): Ranthambore National Park
 (D): Sariska National Park

The global code of ethics for tourism was drawn up by
 (A): World Travel and Tourism Council
 (B): World Travel Organization
 (C): World Trade Organization
 (D): World Tourism Organization

Domestic tourism embraces those travelling
 (A): Within their own country
 (B): Outside their own country
 (C): To overseas islands
 (D): On overseas cruises

_____________ refers to the natural plans life occouring in an area or time period.
 (A): Fauna
 (B): Flora
 (C): Species
 (D): Flowers