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@article{174754,
        author = {Debarati Deb and Prof Dr Debabrata Mitra},
        title = {IMPACT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ECOTOURISM ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A MARCH TOWARDS VIKSIT BHARAT@2047},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {748-755},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=174754},
        abstract = {Involvement of local people in tourism activities is an essential phenomenon of ECOTOURISM. The research work has been carried by keeping in view the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 scheme of the Indian government. The study aims to evaluate the impact of environmental education, cultural exchange and infrastructural development on socio-economic development of the local community. The study area is the Latpanchar Forest Village located in Sittong III Gram Panchayat of Darjeeling, West Bengal. The research also aims to evaluate the impact of socio-economic development on regional popularity. 260 people residing in the village and indulged in ecotourism activities were enquired about the ecotourism attributes. Data was collected through schedules by visiting research area. SPSS-AMOS software has been used to conduct Structural Equation Modeling assessment. The research is of exploration nature and thus exploratory factor analysis has been used to convert 18 variables into 5 factors. Results have indicated that cultural exchange programmes and infrastructural development have a positive impact on socio economic development of the local community but environmental education donot have a positive impact on the same. It has also become evident from the study that socio-economic development of local people positively affects the regional popularity of the ecotourism prone area.},
        keywords = {Environmental education, cultural exchange, infrastructural development, Socio-economic development, regional popularity and ecotourism.},
        month = {March},
        }