CONTENT CERTIFICATE vi Undertaking vii Acknowledgments viii Abstract ix Chapter-1 Introduction 1 Literature Review 2 Impact of Tourism in India 2 Aim & Objective 4 Aim 4 Objective 4 Methodology 4 Scope of the Study 5 Limitation of the Study 5 Chapter-2 Case Studies 6 Impact of Tourism on Tigers in Corbett Tiger Reserve 6 Objective of Study 6 Introduction 6 Issues and Impact of Tourism 6 Recommendations 9 Tourism Raised Problems in Masai Mara National Park Narok 10 Introduction 10 Issues and Impact of Tourism 10 Summing up 12 Chapter-3 Gir Protected Area 13 Introduction 13 Asiatic Lion Population in Gir 15 Gir Forest Department 18 Awareness Facilities & Infrastructure Chapter-4 Tourism in Gir 30 Tourism in Gir 30 Objective of Tourism in Gir 31 Tourism Places in Gir 32 GIZDevaliya 32 GIR Jungle Trail 33 Tulshishyam and Kankai Temple 38 Chapter-5 Impacts of Tourism in Gir Protected Area 40 Impact on Maldhari Community 40 Maldhari Community 40 Resettlement of Maldhari Outside GPA 41 Impact on Maldhari and Gir 41 Increase in Human-Wildlife Conflict 42 Impact on Socio-Economic Development 43 Impact on Environment 45 Impact on Water 45 Impact on Solid Waste Management 46 Future Challenges of Tourism on Gir 47 Human-wildlife conflict 47 Future tourist flow 48 Chapter-6 Conclusion and Recommendations 49 Need to Have Tourism in Gir 49 How to Minimize Impact on Gir 49 Suggestion for Tourism in Gir 50 Conclusions 51 References 53 Annexure 55