Development of ecotourism sustainability assessment framework employing Delphi, C&I and participatory methods: A case study of KBR, West Sikkim, India

S Ashok, HR Tewari, MD Behera… - Tourism Management …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an assessment of “Ecotourism Sustainability” at an operational level
utilizing Principles-Criteria-Indicators-Verifiers, common in forest and tourism sustainability …

Developing ecotourism sustainability maximization (ESM) model: a safe minimum standard for climate change mitigation in the Indian Himalayas

S Ashok, MD Behera, HR Tewari, C Jana - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, ecotourism has been identified as an adaptation strategy for mitigating climate
change impacts, as it can optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery, and …

Evaluating the applicability of ESM (Ecotourism Sustainability Maximization) model to assess, monitor, and manage the ecotourism sustainability in mountain …

S Ashok, MD Behera, HR Tewari - Environmental monitoring and …, 2019 - Springer
Ecotourism is the greener variant of tourism which advocates conservation of biodiversity
and acts as a development strategy to build a self-sustainable system to help protect and …