Tribes and Tourism in India

5.1 Do you know

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Nearly 50,000 tourists come to Orissa in a year. About 5,000 of http://timesofindia.indiat
them visit tribal areas. imes.com/city/bhubanes
war/TOI-impact-Orissa-
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India’s tribes are known for their craftsmanship. Often tourists http://traveltips.usatoday
can buy souvenirs and handicrafts straight from the workshop .com/tribal-tourism-
where the items were fashioned. Look for bamboo crafts among india-17242.html
Jharkhand’s Santhal tribe, metal jewelry and naturally-dyed
cotton saris in Chhatisgrah’s Bastar region and vibrant textiles in
Orissa. If you visit Rajasthan’s Rathwa tribe, check out
traditional Pithora hut painting.
Visiting indigenous communities is fraught with conflicts for http://www.responsibletr
even the most responsible traveller. The best advice is to be avel.com/copy/indigenou
sensitive to local people's reactions to your visit at all times, and s-communities-in-
be prepared to make changes to your itinerary if you notice tourism
anything that makes you uncomfortable.
Bastar is the largest tribal district of Chhattisgarh with over 70% http://www.tourismofchh
of its total population comprising of tribals, which is about attisgarh.com/tourism-
26.76% of the total tribal population of Chhattisgarh. There are of-chhattisgarh/tribal-
several tribal castes in Chhattisgarh with Gonds of Bastar being tourism-of-
the most prominent among them. The Gond Tribes are well chhattisgarh.html
known for their unique Ghotul system of marriages, in all over
the world. Other major tribes of Chhattisgarh region include the
Baiga, Korba, Abhuj Maria, BisonHorn Maria, Muria, Halbaa,
Bhatra and Dhurvaa tribes.
Modern India has many indigenous tribes that even today retain http://www.travelgoindia
their primitive customs and their lives are directly associated .com/theme-tourism-
with their natural surroundings. The tribals in India, are the pro- india/tribal-tourism.htm
environmental communities who are fighting to protect rivers,
lands and forest that make for their livelihood. The congruity
that exist between local tribals and Nature only helps in making
tribal territories full of exotic bio-diversities.
The population of tribal people in India alone represents about https://www.tourmyindia
eight per cent of the country’s total population. As a result, you .com/special-interest-
can still get the glimpse of rich culture and traditions of an tour/tribal-tours-in-
ancient India in those tribal regions and have an unforgettable india.html
experience you haven’t had before.
Throughout the world, there are approximately 370 million http://www.un.org/esa/so
indigenous peoples occupying 20 per cent of the earth’s cdev/unpfii/documents/S
territory. It is also estimated that they represent as many as 5,000 OWIP/en/SOWIP_chapt
different indigenous cultures, and the indigenous peoples of the er3.pdf
world therefore account for most of the world’s cultural
diversity, even though they constitute a numerical minority
National parks in many parts of the world have denied
indigenous peoples their rights, evicted them from their
homelands, and provoked long-term social conflict.
5.2 Glossary
Staring
Term
Character
A Alternative
tourism
A Attraction
C Carrying capacity
C Community
C Code of conduct
C Customs
D Demographic
profile
D Discrimination
E Ethnic tour
F First Peoples
H Homelands
N Native
L Land use
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Definition
Term
In essence, tourism activities or development that are
viewed as non-traditional. It is often defined in
opposition to large-scale mass tourism to represent small-
scale sustainable tourism developments.
A natural or man-made facility, location, or activity
which offers items of specific interest to tourists.
The amount of visitor activity that a site or destination
can sustain.
Important elements of a community are country, family
ties and shared experience. Community is about
interrelatedness and belonging, and is central to
Aboriginality. Tribal people may belong to more than
one community.
Guidelines advising a tourism stakeholder, including
tourists, on how to behave in an environmentally
responsible manner.
The common term for a government agency charged with
collecting duty on specified items imported into that
country. The agency also restricts the entry of persons
and forbidden items without legal travel documents
Personal information about customers used to understand
their buying or selling preferences, for example, age,
income and gender.
Unfair treatment on the basis of perceived differences
between people.
tour designed for people usually of the same heritage
traveling to their native origin, or to a destination with
ethnic relevance
The term First Peoples is often used synonymously for
Aboriginal people or Indigenous people.
Homelands are located on Aboriginal ancestral lands
with cultural and spiritual significance to the Aboriginal
people who live there. Complex connections to land
include cultural, spiritual and environmental obligations,
including obligations for the protection of sacred sites.
Native to a place or area, originating in and
characterising a particular region or country
The way land and water are used and maintained both
physically and spiritually. Modern land use can include
non-tribal parties.
R Racism
Z Zoning
Discrimination on the basis of perceived racial
differences. Racism takes on many forms, e.g. attitudinal,
institutional or cultural.
Different eco-systems may be zoned in terms of their
robustness to pressures from tourism in an attempt to
mitigate environmental damage.

5.4 Web links

Web links

http://tribesindia.com/

http://www.ecoindia.com/tribes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scheduled_Tribes_in_India

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/SOWIP/en/SOWIP_chapter3.pdf

http://goindia.about.com/od/whattosee/tp/Top-5-Places-To-Take-An-India-Tribal-Tour.htm

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/tribal-tourism-india-17242.html

http://www.travelgoindia.com/theme-tourism-india/tribal-tourism.htm

http://www.thegreenerpastures.com/tribal_cultural

http://www.helptourism.com/tribal-ethnic-tours-india/tribal-ethnic-tours-north-east-india.html

http://www.indianholidaygetway.com/india-tour-package/tribal-tourism-india.html

http://www.chhattisgarhtourism.net/

https://www.tourmyindia.com/special-interest-tour/tribal-tours-in-india.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Chhattisgarh

http://www.odishatourism.gov.in/

http://www.orissatourism.org/

http://www.otdc.in/

http://www.orissa-tourism.com/portal/

http://india.gov.in/official-website-department-tourism-odisha
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