An Assessment of Tourists’ Attitude on Environmental Degradation of the Godavari River Region

This article is a small portion of the broader research, it includes a collection of primary data. Generally, any tourist can feel happy and enjoy more if the river environment is good in all respects. Hence, an attempt is made to know the attitudes of tourists on the need for attention on river environment degradation. The tourist having any type of occupation reacted that there is a most needed attention on degradation of river region environment. Godavari is the second-longest river, containing huge river basin, stood first in India by culturally in rich heterogeneous inhabitants. The universe of the study is the end flowing area of 220 kilometers from ‘Eastern Ghats to Bay of Bengal’ covering two regions with in the Andhra Pradesh. The present study is focused on temple, eco and rural areas of tourism in the Godavari river region places. Estimated annual tourist population is six lacks and the aggregate sample size is 600. The interview schedule was used as an instrument for the collection of data during the field survey.