As travel booms again, should India worry about over-tourism and find a balance between livelihoods and local concerns?
When Ishita Khanna began working in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, about two decades ago the remote, high-altitude area with its stark, stunning landscape had just started opening up to tourists after dispensing with permits for domestic visitors. Khanna, who has a background in development and conservation, set up the social enterprise Ecosphere with the idea of …