Camping is a popular activity in the traditional nature-based tourism domain and becoming popular as a key recreational activity in Sri Lanka's national parks (NPs). Recreational uses such as camping in natural areas can induce significant and often localized resource impacts that can affect soil, vegetation, wildlife and water, with the severity of such impacts varying according to the intensity of use. There was no evidence for any difference in the level of environmental degradation associated with high and low use campsites. There was no reports significant levels of environmental degradation related to all the indicators of biophysical impacts at both high and low use campsites.

P. Perera, D. Newsome and W.A.R.T.W. Bandara

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Abstract :- https://doi.org/10.21315/tlsr2021.32.3.7