Make the Dead live
israel , Jordan and Palestine have reached a consensus to protect the Dead Sea basin. In the last 50 years, the level of the Dead Sea has gone down by nearly 40 metres. According to Ayman Rabi,
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Dam on Teesta spells doom
<font class="UCASE">according</font> to the National Highway (<font class="UCASE">nh</font>) 31A Bachao Committee (<font class="UCASE">nhbc</font>), traffic disruption, due to a landslide in August, continues on <font class="UCASE">nh</font> 31A in Kalimpong, West Bengal. <font class="UCASE">nhbc</font> claims that construction on the Teesta Low Dam Stage III project at 27th Mile led to the landslide. About 50 metres of the highway got washed away, hitting the local economy during the tourist season.<br>
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SOUTH ASIA
Oil spill: The Sri Lankan government is still striving to deal with the oil spill that occurred in mid-September, after a Bangladeshi ship sank off the country's southern coast of Habaraduwa. The
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Solar energy to power the senses
Battery-operated cycles and solar cars for toddlers will be some of the attractions of the Solar Energy Park being developed by Delhi Tourism within the Garden of Five Senses in Said-ul-Ajaib village
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Peru opens Camisea gas plant near marine reserve
Peru's President Alejandro Toledo launched operations at a potentially lucrative gas plant on the southern Pacific coast that has been criticized as a threat to the environment and tourism. The
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Paradise in peril
Gal pagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world s best known biodiversity zone. But alien species and invasive plants are threatening its unique ecosystem
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The enterprise
Keeping both the environment and economy afloat
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In short
ivory crime
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Andaman Trunk Road ignores SC order, affects Jarawas' lives
Five years ago on May 7, 2002
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London double-decker set to ply Shimonoseki's streets
A distinctive red double-decker bus from London on loan to the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was unveiled to the press Wednesday ahead of the start possibly this spring of its scheduled
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Electronic car to Sri Maha Bodhi visitors
Chief accountant of Tourism Ministry W. Wimalasena handing over the car to Assistant Secretary to the Chief Ministry office of North Central Province Sugath Nayanannda.
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Archaeology dept to develop State heritage sites
Bent on exploiting the full tourism potential of the ancient heritage sites of the State, the Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Assam has undertaken a project on protection, preservation and d
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Air pollution a threat to Pokhara tourism
As if Maoist insurgency and political instability were not enough to the slackening tourism activities in the foremost tourist centre of Nepal, Pokhara, increasing pollution has worsened the
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Marina finally gets the attention it deserves
An overcast sky and frequent enthusiastic school kids and citizens from turning up for the Marina Beach Environment Awareness Campaign at Marina. The programme was organised by Tamil Nadu Tourism
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Medical tourism growing at 30% a year : Study
Indian private hospitals are increasingly finding a mention in the travel itineraries of foreigners, with the trend of medical tourism catching on in the country. If industry estimated are to be
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Indo-Bangla effort on Sunderbans
India and Bangladesh are trying to facilitate free movement of tourist in the Sunderbans forest area, West Bengal tourism minister Dinesh Dakua said in Kolkata. The minister informed that the
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ADB links future aid to security climate
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is considering an eco-tourism project, proposed by the government of Nepal but said the work on finalising the project is likely to continue when the security
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M.P. to focus on wildlife tourism
The Madhya Pradesh Minister for Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, Ajay Singh is highly optimistic about prospects of Madhya Pradesh emerging as a major attraction for those interested in
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Another 'forest rape' for tourism
The Environment Foundation Limited (EFL), Sri Lanka raised alarm over a proposed eco-tourism project near Wasgamuwa National Wildlife Park within the limits of the Wasgamuwa elephant corridor. The
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Strict vigil to check felling of green deodar saplings in Manali
With the promotion of tourism industry in Kullu Valley in general and the picturesque tourist town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh in particular, a large number of hotel projects have come up