Agree with Roopak on this.

The question that comes to my mind is "Why do we need tourism in core areas?"
The answer "tourism will help reduce poaching in core areas" doesn't sound very convincing enough to me.

I do agree that tourism has an impact on reducing poaching but to what extent needs to be studied in details.

Another question that comes to my mind is "Is indian govornment incapable to prevent poaching and need help of jeeps moving around in the core areas?"

More forest guards can be employed in the core areas to prevent poaching. Locals can be hired and trained for this purpose providing them with income opportunities.

I don't know if analysis has been done on this but 'How many times has a tiger or leopard has missed out an opportunity of a possible meal due to human intervention?'

There are instances where human greed have taken over the conservation needs.

Banning tourism in core areas will definately hit the pockets of the tour operators and also will reduce photography opportunities for tourists. If our main interest is conservation then these factors doesn't count.

I would prefer core areas to remain free of human intervention with necessary steps taken to prevent poaching.