Prospects of Eco- tourism in Bangus Valley J&K

Kashmir valley is popularly known as paradise on earth. It attracts tourists from every corners of the world. Very few states of India have such natural beauties like Kashmir. There are many areas which are most attractive and beautiful and have great potential of ecotourism but are yet to be unexplored and untapped. Bangus Valley in district Kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir is one among these unexplored tourist spots that can provide many attractions to its visitors in terms of scenic beauty, floristic and faunistic diversity and pollution free environment. This beautiful Valley has vast potential to become an International tourist destination for eco-tourists and also for becoming Asia’s biggest golf course. It has great potential for both summer and winter tourism. The exploration of the Bangus will help in reducing ever increasing tourist pressure on the already developed tourist destinations. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate and analyse the ecotourism potential of Bangus valley and also identifies the problems, strength, and possibilities of the Bangus Valley to become an eco-tourist hub of Kashmir. The present study is based on secondary sources obtained from various organizations in order to gain better results.