Tigers& tourism

摘要

The fabled city of Jaipur in Rajasthan does not seem like the birthplace of a new vision, but so it may prove. For a decade TOFTigers has campaigned for the country's burgeoning nature-tourism industry to be used as a conservation tool, and the authorities at the Forest Department in Jaipur are finally waking up to the idea. 'Tigernomics' - putting a monetary value on these beautiful cats - is the force at work, and is perfectly illustrated by the Ranthambore female famous worldwide as Machali.