Eco Conservation and Development of Tourism along Yelagiri Hills Using View shed Analysis of Geographical Information System
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Research in Geo Sciences & Remote Sensing - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Yelagiri hills, Tamilnadu is a famous tourist place in India as a part of eco-tourism. This area receives many tourists across globe throughout the year. In recent years environment is a major concern in Yelagiri hills since increase in the number of tourist. The area is getting vulnerable due to waste generated by the tourist when they are traveling across the greenery part of the hill slopes for sightseeing. In the present study View shed Analysis methodology of Geographical Information System has been used to identify the range of Environmental, Socio and Economic Issus along Yelagiri hills. View shed analysis is a new method based on 3D data sphere that is used to visualize and analyze the result based on 3D virtual earth system. This tool can be regarded as provider of techniques to apply and achieve the tourism planning, conservation and development in a while. This study identifies the view shed points along Yelagiri hills for tourists to view more sights from a location. This helps the tourists to reduce their travelling for sightseeing. The amount of waste generated on the greenery environment is also getting reduced since the close contact of tourists with the spot has been reduced. So it helps in the protection of environment. After identifying the view shed points the planning has been done to develop the same to provide the all the facilities for the tourists in one. It helps the tourists to stay in a place and enjoy the nature with minimum cast of traveling. It saves not only the environment but also valuable time and money of tourists. So they can spend their time and money in other ways of entertainments that has been identified for tourists without disturbing the nature with the help of government and non-governmental organizations. It gives an opportunity to local people to generate employment and improving their economy. As conclusion view shed maps has been prepared for Yelagiri hills to protect the environment and natural resources and develop the tourism without affecting the nature.
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Mr. P. Ravi kumar
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