Island Tourism: Recipe for Ecological Disaster?
The controversy around the administrative ‘reforms’ in Lakshadweep and the Andamans has triggered a debate on the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of private ownership and tourism on islands.
The controversy around the administrative ‘reforms’ in Lakshadweep and the Andamans has triggered a debate on the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of private ownership and tourism on islands.
The latest proposal by NITI Aayog suggests large scale transformation of Little Andaman island located at the southern end of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. But conservationists think it’s a recipe for disaster.