Ecotourism Of Jim Corbett National Park
Jim Corbett national park is one of the beautiful places for tourism. It is situated in Utterakhand state which was recently formed as a new state from the northern part of the Utter Pradesh (which is in India). This national park is exactly located at down part of Himalayas surrounded by districts of Nainital, Pauri, Garhwal, Almora and Bijnore. This park covered an area about 1300 sq.km which is included about 500sq.km of central parkt of the city and 800 sq.km of defence area. The central area is formed as a national park and the defence area is formed as Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary and reserve forest.
The parks have sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics. This nark will come under ECOTOURISM in which this park was formed by 488 different species of different plants and it also has dissimilar varieties of fauna. Due to increase of visitors and some other problem, this park has faced serious challenge for their ecological balance.
In the year of 1957 the park runs from side to side to the river. In the same year this park was again given name as a CORBETT NATIONAL PARK. Jim Corbett National Park after the carnival it have turned as a hunter environmentalist who was silent probably the residents area of man and animals, better than anyone else and he helped so much for setting up the boundaries of park. Almost all were based on his area.
In the year of 1970 after understanding sunrise upon the country loss of the Indian tiger is a definite risk and one more project was introduced at the forest rest house that is ‘Dhikala’ on April 1st 1973.There is no looking back for Corbett national park, there is well thought-out as one prime countrywide park of the country which is considered.
Jim Corbett show popular almost courage at countless shooting man in eater leopards and tigers. He followed a strictly a golden rule where he was refused to kill. Jim Corbett has man -eaters (1944) rudraprayag of leopard and the tiger of temple kumaon of man- eaters (1954).
However he perhaps fame to greatest claim for Jim Corbett lies on the Corbett National Park, It is one of the most tourist important destination of Indian.
Corbett national park is famed for its wealth and different species of its wildlife which is included with 50 species of mammals and more than 580 species of birds. This park is safety place for animals such as tigers, Indian elephants, wild dogs, leopard cats, indian pangolin and hog deer. This is placed in terai of Uttarakhand but now we can rarely seen outside of this park. This terai (moist land) place is formed by muddy jungle and grassland which is extended in between the foot hills of Himalayas and indian plaind
The Ram-ganga River is a basis of attractive to numerous winter traveller birds. A number of high heights above sea level birds also visit the Corbett national park at winter time. With height of Corbett national park range from 400 meters to 1,200 meters above sea level and there is a rich selection of environment. Almost 73% of the park is covered by thick moist deciduous forest with a majority of sal trees go together with haldu, pipal, rohini and mango trees. 10% of the core area is covered by a collection of grasslands in the valley
Jeep Safari and Elephant Safari are located in Jim Corbett national park. Jeep Safari and elephant safari is a place of collection of tigers, wild elephants and it is a good place for the visitors. The best way of viewing of this park is jeep and elephant back. This elephant safari will show the deep forest (natural forest view) and closer to the wildlife without scaring the animals away. Generally visitors can observe wildlife at Corbett national park contains the spotted deer, wild boars, sambar, barking deer, rhesus macaques, langur monkeys, peacocks and herds of wild elephants. Corbett national park in India is a heaven for birdwatchers, control over 580 different species of birds. On request visitors can also get hold of commonly found list of the birds and mammals in Corbett national park.
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HISTORY
Corbett national park is an old national park which is located on the Indian sub-continent which is establish in August 1936. In the beginning this park was called the Hailey national park after that government of utter Pradesh is named as Sir Malcolm Hailey. After independence this park was renamed the Ram-ganga national park. In 1957 this park was given name as Corbett national park in remembrance of the famous hunter and ecologist. At that time he has taken the responsible for mark out the park boundaries and he have helped in setting up the Corbett national park.
Dhikala in Corbett national park have the difference of being the scene. In 1974 for the launch of Project Tiger, India’s ambitious conservation program to save the tiger and its habitat. The creation of 9 tiger reserves, including Corbett national park, was announced. In 1972, India’s tiger population had fallen to an all time low of 1,800. A 1993 census suggests that India’s tiger population stands at 3,750.
Corbett national park in India is a important project, in which the rules of protection are to be securely followed by visitor, park workers and the Kumauni villagers (who live just outside the Corbett national park) and this made easy for the reason that is a park much-loved of all who visit. The hygienic river ramganga is the living source of the Corbett national park. The plants at Corbett national park is thick mixed deciduous with a wide selection of trees including the grand sal, and creepers, shrubs, bamboos and grasses.
It is a beautiful perfect park, the air full of tangy fragrances and expectation. This will come in with modesty, meaningful that you are in a celebrity else’s house. Corbett national park is a superb lesson in biodiversity. Morning smog over the river blue skies with idle clouds, bird songs speckled sunlight pointed perfume a crunch in the grass.
In the year of 1820 a Private property of local rulers before being taken over by the British Raj.
In the year of 1858 the British rulers have provided the protection to this park
In 1879 this forest is declared as a reserved forest.
In between 1900-1910 Jim Corbett leads shikar parties and kills two maneaters.
In 1910 Jim Corbett gives up killing as mere sport and becomes the saviour of the villagers, delivering them from maneaters.
In 1934 The Park is declared a National Park and Corbett helps name the boundaries.
1n 1957 after the death of Jim Corbett, the Park is renamed in honour of his memory.
In feb 1974 tiger project was introduced.
In the year of 1986 Corbett National Park celebrates its Golden Jubilee.
In the year of 1996 staff of this park Celebrated Diamond Jubilee of its existence as Corbett National Park.
At 9th November 2000 this park have became as a part of uttarakahand state.
In 2010 this project have became as a international project
Methodology
Due to the limited previous research on Jim Corbett national park in tourism, this study takes a tentative approach. The method selected is qualitative, in the form of questionnaire interviews. The in-depth interviews will be undertaken by the visitors of Jim Corbett national park.
There are number of techniques used in calculating the. I intend to use the short method proposed by Based on Zeithaml et al. (1988).
The information for measurement of the areas mentioned above will come from secondary data (Newspaper, Journals, and Media etc.).
Provenance
The data for this analysis will come from data of the INDIA tourism board, articles from newspapers, World Wide Web, journals and media. The researcher will draw on the following works to assist with these measurements.
Some books have published on Jim Corbett national park as mentioned below
Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
Jungle Lore.
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag.
What is Ecotourism?
Generally ecotourism means creating of little environmental impact probable and helping to sustain
Natural places encourage the defence of wildlife and habitats when the visitors are visiting this place. The responsibility of development of ecotourism is taken by the tourism and tourism development sectors, in which it will encourages the natural life of living aspects and it is also the key to sustainable ecological development.
Nowadays the “Green Laws” of preservation are making people aware of how man and the environment can live symbiotically for more time to come and ecotourism is the only way makes best use of the economic, environmental and social benefits of tourism.
Every person is stakeholder in this process and we clearly need to avoid our long-ago limitation and harmful impact that they cover.
Ecotourism of Jim Corbett national park
The main objective of ecotourism is to focus on the protection of wildlife and the reserve management.
In the year of 1993 ecotourism management have started training for staff which covers history of Jim Corbett National Park, visitor management and park naturalists.
In 1995 they have recruited more guides to reach the customers need and to do the good marketing. This project allowed the staff to guide the travelers about the activities of the management. After a long time the government of India have organized several workshops on ecotourism in Corbett national park in which to develop their surrounding regions. This park is remain protected my Garhwali region.
In the year of 1995 Riley have said that best chances of viewing of tigers is to come late in the dry season that is in between the months of April to mid of June and elephants can be seen in any day
In the year of 1997 tiwari and josh have said that in between the months of April – June this place is best for the Indian tourists and they have recommended in between the months of November – January for the foreign tourists.
In the year of 1991 this park have covered 3237 tourist vehicles which is carrying about 47,215 visitors during the tourism seasons between 15th November-15th June. The main concept of Jim Corbett National Park will show the natural ecotourism. Excessive trampling of soil due to tourist pressure has led to reduce of plant species and has also results in reducing of soil moisture.
Majority of visitors have used the wood as a fuel for cooking usually this fuel is obtained from nearby forests which is resulted great pressure on forest ecosystem of the park and visitors have got so many problems by making noise, littering.
In the year of 2007 young photographer Mr. Kahini Ghosh Mehta have taken a challenge for promoting healthy tourism about Corbett national park and he is the person who have made first time travel guide on Corbett.
The first film which is named wild saga of Corbett has provided the information about needed by a tourist before when they are planning to visit a park and they have collected the tips from the senior park official, nature guides and naturalists. At the present time visitors can get a DVD’s copy of this film from the bombay natural history society (BNHS)
Good Points about Corbett National Park
Good-looking place with rich range of wildlife, including tiger and elephant.
Jeep safari and Elephant safaris which will allow wildlife to be seen nearby and are great fun.
Fairly easy to journey to Corbett for the reason that of the morning and overnight train between Delhi and Ramnagar.
Bad Points about Corbett National Park
Extremely accepted by tourists, for that reason it was high demand for jeep safari and elephant safaris and frequently exceed availability.
Corbett Forest Rest House and Hotel in Corbett National Park are limited, advisable to make booking, before you go Corbett National Park.
Hypothesis
There are two kinds of hypothesis in this statement. One can directional hypothesis as in preservation of tigers is the most important aspect of Jim Corbett national park and the other can be non directional hypothesis as in there is a relationship between conservation of tigers and Jim Corbett park as a part of environmental tourism.
Objectives of the research:
The primary objective of this is to find out the advantages of carrying out project tiget in jim cabert national park as a part of environmental tourism. Flora and fauna are the best examples and known for their protection project of task on tiger project.
Some of the questions have been addressed
What are the major schemes undertaken for progress of the tiger reserve project?
How this Project Tiger help develop the tourism sector in Jim Corbett Park?
What are the government initiatives for the development of tourism in Jim Corbett Park?
This case study will also be presented to identify the benefits of tiger project for tourism relates activities
Techniques
Both qualitative and quantitative analysis will be used. For the quantitative analysis, descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and percentages will be utilised. A questionnaire using the Liker scale will be used to measure attitudes.
Statistical data will be used to present the findings. Systematic collation and comparison of the various data from the different sources will be made. The researcher plans to use the semi-structured interview to obtain information about the attitude of the stakeholders. Jankowicz (2005) claim that the semi-structured interview is an effective research technique as it assist in reducing bias. A checklist based on a literature review will be formulated by the researcher to construct the questions for these interviews. Content analysis will be used to evaluate the information from those interviews.
Time Line
I started my MSc. International Tourism course in September 2008 and will finish by November 2009.
June 2009 – Tutorial (proposal discussion with tutor)
July 2009 – Literature Review
August 2009 – Construct research instruments (semi structured interview and questionnaire)
August 2009- Complete literature review, Pilot test instruments, Tutorial
September 2009 – Review and rewrite instruments
September 2009 – Analysis of findings, Archival research, Tutorial
October 2009 – Conduct interviews and administer questionnaire
October – 2009 Analyse data, Tutorial
November – Present final dissertation.
CONTENTS
Chapter One – Introduction
Background of the study
Importance of the study
Definition of terms
Conceptual Frame work
Chapter Two – Review of literature
Chapter Three – Methodology
Introduction to Research Methodology
Survey design and administration
Survey methods
Research limitations
Chapter Four – Data Analysis and Results
Introduction to Data Analysis and Results
Chapter Five – Discussion and Findings
Introduction to discussion
Discussion
Chapter Six Conclusion
Conclusions Introduction
Key issues emerged
Scope for further research and limitation
Bibliography
Appendices
Anticipated learning
After conclusion of the course I would like to go back residence and I like to assist the staff in Jim Corbett national park. I consider that this study will offer me with some of the necessary tools and knowledge that required making a valuable contribution to the future research conducted by the Hospitality Industry.
