Look around! How do you wish to see the environment today?

Healthier to breathe and live in, right? Thriving amidst our extensive natural environment there's everything there for all creatures, animals, humans, and more to enjoy living in harmony. Where environmentalists including others are making efforts in this per se aiming for greener, sustainable and organic nature, Ecotourism companies are as well to be applauded, benefitting the environmental sectors by promoting environmental awareness through tourism.

Blessed with abundant natural diversity, India has long been a great ecotourism destination. Several tourist spots in India including hill stations, pilgrimage sites and wildlife sanctuaries in particular, are add to eco tourism. This value driven industry has a lot to offer to tourists engaging in nature discovery walks/treks local farming activities adventure sports local cuisines crafts, folklore and arts including volunteering for community development mental and spiritual rejuvenation among other things. Though, the Russia Ukraine war proved to be a roadblock, disrupting the chances of global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term, the ecotourism market size is expected to grow to $331.62 billion in 2027 at a CAGR of 13.4 percent.

Advancing on technology the ecotourism industry has numerous offerings today. Where many ecotourism providers are developing environment-friendly tourism products with a sustainable focus on minimising environment depletion and pollution, providing for eco-friendly tourist accommodations ensuring green living- non-toxic, safe, and energy-efficient accommodation, the ecotourism market is witnessing positive growth today. We needed to acknowledge some doyens in the space who have been playing a key role in ecotourism and respectively promoting environmental awareness through acknowledgeable ecotourism services. Hence read through our edition.