Ecotourism Society of India

the ecotourism society of india (esoi) was formed in 2008 as a non-profit organisation by a group of environmentally sensitive professionals both from within and outside the tourism industry, with encouragement of the ministry of tourism, government of india to promote and ensure environmentally responsible and sustainable practices in the tourism industry. esoi has been registered under the societies act xxi, 1860, under regn.no.s/61047/2008. all governing body members and office bearers work on a voluntary basis for esoi. esoi works closely with the central and state governments and their designated offices as well as networking with like-minded players to facilitate synergy in policies and initiatives at the national and state level. towards this objective, esoi launched its series of workshops on ’environmental law and tourism’ in september 2008 in delhi in partnership with wwf-india. esoi has so far successfully conducted eight workshops in different states, with the support of th