Tourism and Pollution: Investigating Impact on Bali Island of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

Tourism in protected areas generates noise pollution, air pollution, water pollution and litter which can adversely affect human health, social well-being and destination sustainability. These pollutants should be checked and kept under controlled. The quality of lifestyle of the host community will potentially be degraded due to these pollutants which will lead to causing social tension. In this paper, we evaluate the perception of the host community regarding the pollution caused by tourism in Sunderbans Tiger Reserve by conducting a questionnaire survey. The data is collected from Bali islands of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve which is a popular island for tiger-man conflicts, hence has received lots of attention from tourism. Results show that there is an increase in water pollution and litter in the study area due to tourism.