TOFTigers Unveils Good Wildlife Travel Guide to India and Nepal

By BW Hotelier WITH SAFARI tourism in India growing by up to 20 per cent per year, the nature travel charity, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFTigers) has published a new, free Good Wildlife Travel Guide to India and Nepal offering a wealth of sustainable wildlife holiday options. Tiger Park Directors and tourism entrepreneurs are increasingly learning from many of Africa's best conservancies and tourism models with a range of newly launched initiatives, including new wildlife conservancies, putting the Indian subcontinent, originally known as the land of big game, back on the map as one of the world's great destinations for safari goers. Famous for the tiger, the Indian subcontinent hosts an abundance of fauna including the 'big five' - lions, rhinos, elephants, leopard and buffalo - four bear species, wolves, an ape species, a prolific range of birds and even squirrels and snakes that can fly. Julian Matthews, Chairman, TOFTigers, said, ’With tourism one of the Indian Prime Minister's five stated economic tools to lift its country out of poverty, the quest for sustainable tourism has taken on a new urgency. It's heartening to see India looking to some of the superb community benefitting wildlife conservancies bordering parks in Kenya and other areas as new models of safari tourism. This gives real hope that safari-goers visits will stimulate protection and community support. The Good Wildlife Travel Guide is aimed at steering travelers towards the right choices to make a difference while having their holiday of a lifetime.’ The Good Wildlife Travel Guide profiles 23 wildlife parks with over 200 eco-rated accommodation options and nature-related travel companies, including prestigious International names such as Abercrombie and Kent, Cox and Kings, with other well respected Indian based operations like Banyan Tours, IWX, Naturetrek and others.- The Guide is designed to enable travellers' to experience the Indian subcontinent's incredible natural heritage, in the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard its future.