ABSTRACT:-Tourism concept has evolved as one of the potential issues in the 21st century era. This paper aims to conceptualize the significance on environmental factors for tourism development infrastructure as an important tourism destination in Indian scenario. The objective of the study is to explore and investigate the prominent domains and items that may be considered in line with environmental issues for tourism development worldwide. The five broad domains considered for the study are behavioral pattern, tourism investments, natural calamities, resource conservation with climate change and environmental – tourism friendly urban model. The study is relevant for balancing the demand and supply of tourism for achieving tourism development amidst effective utilization of environmental factors. Tourism is expected to emerge as an important key factor for sustainable human development and the coverage of the paper makes an attempt to reveal the prominent domains and items that may be considered for tourism promotion in the 21st century millennium.

Keywords: environment, tourism, domain, sustainable, resource