Community -Based Ecotourism ventures are environmentally sensitive initiatives, which also aim to ensure that members of local communities have a high degree of control over the activities taking place, and a significant proportion of the benefits accrue to them. A community-based approach to Ecotourism recognizes the need to promote both the quality of life of people and the conservation of resources. The changing demands of tourists for 'natural' and 'exotic' environments have created new tourism products in developing countries. Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) is one such segment which is much in demand these days. This particular form of tourism has been considered in this study to know about the awareness that the people have and to analyze the trends in CBET and its impact on fulfilling the objectives. The results show that people are aware about this concept and are also experiencing this in Tamil Nadu, but most of the CBET ventures are publicly owned and managed and hence fewer benefits are encashed by the local community of the region.