What is an eco tourism park
An eco tourism park is a park where nature is the main attraction and visitors learn about it while the place is protected. Mast Parks plans eco tourism parks as visitor experiences, as it did at a Mast ecological park in Telangana.
An eco tourism park is a park where nature is the main attraction, and where the visit helps protect the place and the people who live near it. The visitor learns something, and leaves the place as it was.
What eco tourism means
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines ecotourism as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education." Its principles include low-impact facilities and benefits for local people.
How a park turns that into a visit
A park turns the idea into a visit through its story, its layout and its facilities. Nature sits at the centre, and everything else supports it.
- Nature first. The setting is the attraction, not a backdrop.
- Interpretation. Visitors learn what they are seeing.
- Light facilities. Stay, food and paths are planned around the land.
- One story. The theme links the zones, as in any good park.
How Mast Parks does it
At a Mast ecological park in Telangana, an eco-park with rare species is transformed into a thematic place based on mythological stories. It covers 120 acres. Its features include a wellness center with Ayurvedic and naturopathy treatments, stay facilities, artificial streams, a rainforest experience, a nursery for rare plants and a mud-structure museum of fossils and Indian artifacts.
Mast Parks plans such parks through eco park design and the wider work of the ecological parks vertical.
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Frequently asked questions
What is an eco tourism park?
A park where nature is the main attraction, and where visitors learn about it while the place is protected.
What is the difference between an eco park and an ordinary park?
An eco tourism park puts nature and learning at the centre, and plans its facilities around the land. An ordinary park may treat the setting as a backdrop.
What can an eco tourism park include?
Stay facilities, nature trails, a wellness centre, a nursery, a museum and restaurants, planned around the story of the place. A Mast ecological park in Telangana includes all of these.
Which eco tourism parks has Mast Parks worked on?
A Mast ecological park in Telangana, a 120-acre ecological park.