Investigating Environmental Transgressions at Corbett Tiger Reserve, India

Tanmay Sharma, Joseph S. Chen and Wan-Yu Liu
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Tanmay Sharma: Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
Joseph S. Chen: Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: Through a qualitative lens involving both in-depth interviews and focus groups, this research attempts to probe the issues of environmental transgressions caused by tourists and tourism providers in one of the oldest and largest national parks in India, the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), Uttrakhand. It reveals that even though tourism stakeholders are conscious of environmental transgressions, concrete efforts towards environmentally sustainable practices in CTR do not seem to be a priority. Nevertheless, this research suggests that visitor’s noncompliant behavior may be altered by enhancing place attachment through repeat visitations, improving visitor experiences, and effective information dissemination. Also, future tourism operations may require a reduction in environmental transgressions through the creation of an agency that can assist community-based tourism operations.

Keywords: place attachment; deviant behavior; environmental transgression; Indian national parks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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