Guidelines help streamline tourism in Tamhini Wildlife Reserve

PUNE: Implementing responsible ecotourism guidelines in the Tamhini Wildlife Reserve in 2023 has helped streamline tourism in the sanctuary areas, with the reserve forest area welcoming 11,000 visitors from across the district in the last six to seven months, management of plastic and other kind of waste dumped in the forest, the department collecting ₹3.50 lakh in entry fees, and helping bring the locals into the ambit of the conservation programme through proper training.

Tamhini and Sudhagad have officially become forest reserves in 2022 as against their earlier status as wildlife sanctuaries. Throughout the year, the reserve forest area is visited for popular tourist spots such as Andharban…