ECOTOURISM AS FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL, MINIMUM IMPACTS, MAXIMUM EXPERIENCE : Case Sauraha and Chitwan National Park

The thesis was written in order to find workable ideas and techniques of ecotourism for sustainable development and to find out the importance of ecotourism. It illustrates how ecotourism can play a beneficial role to visitors and local people. The thesis was based on ecotourism and its impact, the case study was Sauraha and Chitwan National Park. How ecotourism can be fruitful to local residents and nature, what are the drawbacks of ecotourism? Ecotourism also has negative impacts on both the environment and local communities. Ecotourism has become very popular and it is being adopted by various people around the world. The author of the thesis managed to collect the data and information from different genuine sources, the thesis was written with sources on the internet, articles and books. The main aim of the thesis was to introduce ecotourism and the opportunities which can be produced through ecotourism. Mainly the relation between local residents, travellers, government and environment was focused on. The main focal point of the thesis was authentic and sustainable ecotourism. The author was able to include the history of ecotourism and its growing popularity among the people around the world in the past years. The author has provided effective information about the past and current days of ecotourism and ecotourism in Sauraha and Chitwan National Park, the author has also mentioned some positive points why people should engaged in ecotourism. The thesis was prospective to know authentic ecotourism.With its impact on the environment, local residents and travellers, ecotourism can be a real blessing to most people but sometimes it can act as a curse to local residents and wildlife. The world is trying to improve sustainable ecotourism with minimum negative impacts