NAME:- Mohul

Chowdhury
CLASS:- X SECTION:-
ROLL NUMBER:- C
17
SUBJECT:-
Biology
SCHOOL:- Techno India Group
Pubic School
• Tourism is one of an economic contributor to the
union territory of Ladakh in Northern India. Ladakh is
composed of the Leh and Kargil districts. The region
contains prominent Buddhist sites and has an
ecotourism industry. As of 2020, tourism industry in
Ladakh was worth ₹600 crore (US$84 million). The
increase in the number tourists per year has brought
a lot of ecological problems and harm to the
environment of Ladakh because of that.
THE MAIN PROBLEM EXPLAINED (2)
The Ladakh Ecological Development Group (Ledeg), a
Ladakhi non-profit society registered in India, is seeking to
promote sustainable development that harmonizes with
and builds on traditional Ladakhi culture. Ledeg sponsors
educational and cultural programs and demonstrates and
disseminates appropriate technologies, especially
renewable energy technologies. The group was organized
in 1983 with the help of the Ladakh Project, a small
international organization started by Swedish linguist
Helena Norberg-Hodge in 1978.
Helena Norberg-Hodge founded the Ladakh Project to bring
examples and information from around the world that would
support development based on Ladakh's own resources and
traditions and to counteract the belief among young
Ladakhis that their culture was inferior. The Ladakh Project,
now based in England, also works in Bhutan and in the
industrialized countries, promoting development and
environmental education. Ledeg continues to receive funds
information from the Ladakh Project, but it has grown to
include an all Ladakhi staff of about 50 and now receives
support from the Indian government and from Scandinavian
aid organizations.
 The work of Ledeg and the Ladakh Project affects tourism both
directly and indirectly. Ledeg distributes guidelines for responsible
behaviour for tourists in Ladakh. The Center for Ecological
Development, Ledeg's headquarters in Leh, helps educate tourists
on the larger context of development in Ladakh. The center's
museum highlights the ecological and social balance of the
traditional system. Tourists help support the group's work financially
and psychologically. Tourists' donations, along with profits from the
center's restaurant and souvenir sales, help fund the educational and
technical programs. Norberg-Hodge believes that the nonfinancial
encouragement tourists give, too, is just as important as their
donations.