Percieved envoirnmental impacts of tourism: A case of Haridwar, Uttrankhand

Tourism is rapidly growing industry in India and has numerous promises for economic and socio-cultural development. But the on environment, tourism development at mass level has emerged as tool of pollution. The same is true with Haridwar which is well known pilgrimage destination situated in Uttrakhand. This study aims to examine perceived environmental impacts of tourism industry. Responses collected through structured questionnaire were analyzed by factor analysis and linear regression. Out of five extracted, the factor with highest variance was pollution and shortage of water in city.