Important Sites in Bihar
The state of Bihar is an important destination from the point of view of tourism. It is the birth place of Jainism and Buddhism and some of the holiest sites in the world are present in the state. There are only a few pilgrimage sites in India that are considered holy sites for different religions and most of them are in the state of Bihar. Places like Patna Sahib, Rajgir, Vaishali, Maner, Sitamarhi and Gaya- Bodh Gaya are sacred to all important religions. Places like Patna Sahib, Rajgir, Vaishali, Maner, Sitamarhi and Gaya- Bodh Gaya are sacred to all important religions.
A large number of Buddhist visitors from South-east Asia China and Japan visit the holy sites of Bodh Gaya and Vaishali. Bihar is known for its historical and cultural heritage, traditions and beautiful tourist places. This state is also replete with natural resources. Bihar is the bridge between India's golden past and resurgent present. The splendid beauty of nature, historical monuments, holy rivers, natural forest areas, scenic hills, captivating wildlife, mystical waterfalls, beautiful handicrafts, vast water bodies, famous folk dances, mesmerizing music and most of all its hospitable people make this state one of the world's recognized as the top tourist destination. The state of Bihar is rich in natural resources. It has pristine forest and wildlife resources. Important terrestrial species are tiger, leopard, bear, hyena, bison, chital, barking deer etc. In addition, the aquatic ecosystem is home to crocodiles, alligators and fish as well as several species of turtles. The Ganges River, Kosi, Gandak and their tributaries in Bihar have an abundance of the national aquatic animal the Gangetic Dolphin.60 km stretch of Ganga in the state has been notified as Vikramshila Ganga Dolphin Sanctuary.Various natural wetlands like Kanwar Lake, Bairaila Lake, Kusheshwarsthan Lake, Udaipur Lake and man-made lakes like Nagi Dam and Nakti Dam have been notified as bird sanctuaries. At present the state has 1 National Park, 1 Tiger Reserve, 13 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2 Conservation Reserves and 1 Community Reserve, apart from vast natural forests.
Purpose of Using Ecotourism
To grow only Advertisement value of the real picture of possibility and place in Bihar and how to reach there and to create curiosity about this tourist place as so for more and more tourist go there and create a big tourist opportunity in Bihar.
Why we need Ecotourism
The treatment of Global warming, ecological embracement the certainity of the global temperature to bring the human civilization near to nature.
India has a great luck in support and expansion of ecotourism because in North India the great world of Himalayan range not only the great security wall of India but abundant opportunity/places are situated there 7500 km long seacoast also a great security ring has abundant of opportunities of expansion and restoration for Ecotourism.
Inside India the hills, the plains, the plateaus and the seacoast are great resources and possibilities of growth of the Ecotourism.
From a long time in Bihar it was well connected with National and International in topics of weather, pilgrim, scholar and traveller which has created a platform for tourism. In traditional Bihar the traditional tourism is well connected with religious tourism, in other words, pilgrimage tourism. It is a strange co-incidence that Bihar is a place for Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism and Islam.
To use this platform and background, we could become developed and could be able to explore the abundant opportunities of Ecotourism. Along with that the hills, the series of rivers and the wet lands provide natural resources for the development of Ecotourism.