Green tourism now a day’s is an emerging topic for tourism industry in India in general and Himachal Pradesh in particular, which is one of the favorite tourist destinations among other Asian Countries. Green tourism generally refers to environment friendly facilities, amenities and other facilities provided to tourist. The main aim of this paper is to highlight the significance of green tourism and the extents of green practices adopted by tourism industry. In this paper an attempt is made to analyse relevance of green tourism and its relationship with sustainable development. In this paper ‘Eco Tourism’ principles are analysed in context of Himachal Pradesh. The Challenges of sustainable tourism is also discussed in the present paper.

KEYWORDS: Green Tourism, Sustainable Development Responsible Tourism, Eco-Tourism.