National Tourism Conservation Authority (NTCA) notified these guidelines on 15 Oct 2012, under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 for tourism in and around tiger reserves.

These guidelines may be called the National Tiger Conservation Authority (Normative Standards for Tourism activities and Project Tiger) Guidelines, 2012. Whereas, the National Tiger Conservation Authority under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 38-O of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 has the power to lay down normative standards for tourism activities and guidelines for project tiger for tiger conservation in the buffer and core areas of tiger reserves to ensure their due compliance. And whereas, the Central Government is committed to frame comprehensive guidelines with regard to fixation of core areas and buffer areas and tourism including welfare and religious tourism as contemplated under clause (c) of subsection (1) of section 38-O of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as well with regard to the protection of tigers in forest and non-forest areas.

 See Also

Feature: SC lifts ban on tiger tourism.

Feature: New eco-tourism guidelines likely to favour tourism industry

In-court: Supreme Court order on tiger conservation.

In-court: Supreme Court order on tourism in core tiger habitats.

Feature: Tiger reserved.

Report: Joining the dots.

Report: Status of tigers in India 2011.

Report: Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India, 2010.