India, July 11 -- The Uttarakhand government will carry out a 'tourist carrying capacity' survey of three tourist destinations in Nainital district - Nainital city, Kainchi Dham, and Bhowali - to assess the infrastructure and help determine the maximum number of tourists and vehicles these places can sustainably accommodate.

The survey, which will be carried out for the first time, aims to formulate a long-term strategy to protect these popular hill towns from the growing strain of unregulated tourism, mounting vehicular traffic, and population pressure, an official said.

"Uttarakhand tourism development board (UTDB) has been entrusted with carrying out the survey, which will assess the infrastructure limits of these towns and help dete...