Despite being confronted with a range of detrimental human activities and lasting damages, India’s national parks are armed with a single, unified purpose. All the different features of the national parks make for a rainbow of diversity, where varying species of animals and forms of ecotourism are present. Alpine and flower valleys, tiger reserves, bird sanctuaries, marine, reptile, and coastal parks (even a floating national park)—the world is your oyster.
India’s national parks are also home to a great number of endemic animals such as The Royal Bengal tiger, one-horned rhino, Nilgiri Blue Robin, Jerdon’s Corser, to name a few. Others include jackals, elephants, leopards, and marsh crocodiles. The scenic and natural beauty attracts flocks of tourists to its doors from all around the world (35,000 to 40,000 tourists annually), accounting for a third of India’s tourism.