The growing popularity of ecotourism in India has paid scant attention to the rights of indigenous people and concerns of civil society organisations that ecotourism at best is yet another form of greenwash. Largely ignored are the core issues that constitute ecotourism: participation and benefits of communities in such tourism and negative impacts of tourism on biodiversity and ecosystems. Currently, there are conflicts over access and use of natural resources (particularly in Scheduled Areas) by indigenous peoples and local communities. These conflicts and contradictions are exacerbated by the government’s push to open up Scheduled Areas under an international trading regime (General Agreement on Trade in Services – GATS). This would make communities living there more vulnerable to impacts of policies that do not benefit them and over which they have little influence. This paper analyses the current state of the National and State Ecotourism Tourism Policies and their links to corporate led globalisation. Publisher: Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) Contact: [email protected], +91.80.25457607 Visit: www.equitabletourism.org,http://www.equitabletourism.org/stage/readfull.php?AID=389