Entire Bhopal to be declared gas-hit
Uma : The Union Government has in principle agreed to announce entire Bhopal as gas affected and thus, awarding compensation to rest of the 20 wards. Union Minister of State for Tourism Ms. Uma
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Please keep off the forest
Mawamba Lodge in Tortuguero National Park on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, is as good an example at eco-tourism as can be seen anywhere. The single-storey wooden lodge complex that make up the lodge
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Eco-tourism plan to save border forest
The Third Army is pushing ahead with plans to promote eco-tourism in the Salween (Thailand) to help protect the teak-rich forest from further destruction. Maj-Gen Phon Wanakamon, the deputy
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Betting on the eco-tourism craze
All over Mexico, small investors are hoping to tap potential of environmental tourism. Nature and adventure travel are growing worldwide by 30% each year. Mexico's habitats range from desert to
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Tourism will hit Kerala reserves
Green activists : Nature lovers and senior forest officials have experessed serious concern over the Government's decision to open Kerala's wildlife sanctuaries to eco-tourism. The decision was
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Eco-tourism in China
The China National Tourism Administration plans to feature scenic landmarks in its '1999 Eco-tour China' programme. The programme is intended to invite tourists to China's famous scenic spots. These
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Gains expected to outweigh costs
The hotel industry is moving up gear on environmental action. This year's World Travel Market will have a day set aside for talks and debates on the subject, organised by the World Travel and Tourism
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Beetles threaten US industry
Many of America's ornamental trees and the maple syrup, lumber and tourism industries are threatened by an invasion of the Asian long-horned wood boring beetles, according to a recent US government
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The greenwash of ecotourism - Thai style
Thailand's financial crisis is driving the government to tap tourism in order to earn more foreign exchange. And it is promoting 'ecotourism' - or its own version of it - in a bid to open up the
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Bengal druws up Rs 50- cr plan for tourism
The West Bengal government has chalked out a plan for implementation of a number of tourism related projects involving more than Rs 50 cr. These projects are expected to take shape in the next
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Rs 250 cr OECF-funded tourism project runs into rough weather
The eco-friendly tourism project at an estimated cost of Rs. 250 crores in Kerala with financial assistance from the Japanese OECF has run into rough weather following the nuclear explosions. It was
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MPs panel for relaxing coastal zone norms to boost tourism
Coastal zone regulations (CZR) should be relaxed in the five special tourism areas --Bekal Beach (Kerala) , Diu,Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu) , Puri (Orissa) and Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) -- for the
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Kulu-Manali in danger
The picturesque Kullu-Manali valley in Himachal Pradesh is facing threat of irreversible environmental damage in the wake of widespread and haphazard tourism-induced urbanisation, warns an
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Corbett high-speed road claims four leopards, tigers could be next
The newly built, 19-km road passing through the Corbett Tiger Reserve may be great news for tourism. But not so for leopards and tigers. Already four leopards have died on the road since March - all
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Goa seeks Rs 200-cr grant from Japan
Goa has approached Japan for a grant of nearly Rs 200 crores, for urban and rural sanitation projects, stating that it was needed for environmental upgradation linked to growing tourism in the
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Antarctica vulnearable to global ambitions
A 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica notwithstanding expanding scientific activity and tourism pose a serious threat to the continent's fragile ecosystem, which could affect ocean chemistry
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Poachers call the shots in Orissa forests
The high-sounding promises of the state government to convert Orissa into a major destination for eco-tourism hold little water, looking at the increasing incidents of crime against wildlife. Futher,
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Eco-tourism meet, adventure travel mark flagged off
The 10th Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) adventure travel and eco-tourism conference and mart got off to a colourful start at the Birla auditorium, at Delhi on Thursday with over 300 delegates
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Rajasthan plods on sans tourism policy
Rajasthan has yet to implement its tourism policy although it attracts the maximum number of both foreign and domestic tourists. The policy, already approved by the state cabinet, was aimed at giving
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Eco-tourism conference to be held in Jaipur
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will hold its tenth "Adventure travel and eco-tourism conference" at Jaipur from January 21 to