Centre has notified fresh guidelines on tiger conservation allowing regulated low impact tourism in the core and critical tiger habitat. A fresh guideline issued by the Environment Ministry yesterday said since, tourism has been happening in core and critical tiger habitat, regulated low impact tourism visitation would be allowed in such areas subject to site specific carrying capacity.

The guidelines, however, say no new tourism infrastructure should be permitted in such core and critical tiger habitats.

Last week, the Supreme Court had allowed the Centre to notify within a week its fresh guidelines on tiger conservation and indicated that it may modify its July 24 order staying all tourism activities in the reserved areas across the country.