Coasts, Islands, and Rivers

EQUATIONS' comments and additions to the Draft Tourism Policy for Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Letters and Submissions
It is bad economic policy to rely too much on tourism! Many stakeholders and sections of the Andaman & Nicobar administration hope that tourism will become the pillar of the islands’ economy. Firstly, a sound economic analysis of the current and likely economic impact of tourism is necessary. Secondly, taking cognisance of tourism’s vulnerability to internal and external factors and the ecological and geological vulnerability of the islands, such dependence is inadvisable. This paper contains segment-by-segment comments and recommended additions to the Draft Tourism Policy for Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Geographies
India

EQUATIONS is a research, policy, and advocacy organisation working on tourism and development issues in India. Our work has focused on the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and administrative impacts of tourism particularly on people living in and around tourism destinations. We collaborate closely with organisations and peoples movements, to influence people-centered forms of tourism & policies that ensure significant local benefits and take into account the negative impacts of an unbridled growth of tourism.

 

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