Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 10/04/2024. The present Original Application has been filed by the Applicant appearing in person stating that in the tourist township of Darjeeling there is the ‘Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary’ popularly known …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Seeking to focus on rural tourism to generate employment, income and promoting new destinations by exhibiting ancient heritage and culture of the hills, the Himachal Pradesh Government has launched the
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta | TNN Ahmedabad: A taste of life where lunch is bajra na rotla with freshly-extracted white butter. This is after you milk a cow or plough the field the traditional way using a pair of oxen. Rustic life at its best
BHUBANESWAR: A training programme for eco-tourism groups on Multiple Skills and Hospitality Management kicked off at Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition here on Monday. Organised by Orissa Forestry Sector Development Project, the training would continue for three weeks. Twenty-nine members of various eco-tourism groups of Purunakote, …
In order to optimize the local and regional, socioeconomic and cultural benefits of rafting on Ganges in Uttarakhand without impacting the ecological and environmental assets of this Himalayan region, it is important to rationalize the annual and daily operating times and numbers of rafts and rafting camps. The appropriateness of …
In the continuing saga on amendments to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) made public the draft Islands Protection Zone (IPZ) Notification, applicable to the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands. This paper contains our concerns related to this proposed Notification, highlights the …
Jungle Lodges & Resorts (JLR), the state-owned eco-tourism company, is expanding its operations in the state to promote eco-tourism. It plans to open five more resorts in select locations, JLR managing director N D Tiwari said. The company is investing Rs 5-7 crore in each resort over the next 12 …
Predicting and abating the loss of natural habitats present a huge challenge in science, conservation and management. Algal forests are globally threatened by loss and severe recruitment failure, but our understanding of resilience in these systems and its potential disruption by anthropogenic factors lags well behind other habitats. We tested …
The governments of the Himalayan hill-states and the international donor agencies have consistently advocated disbursal of funds for improvement of road connectivity in keeping with the mandates of a
Bangalore: For promoting tourism at historical, religious and popular tourist places, the Karnataka government has decided to allow private parties to purchase five acres of agricultural lands in 100 selected places for construction of hotels. The government has decided to amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964 to enable entrepreneurs …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Munnar, a tourism destination generally considered to be hurtling down through the phase of diminishing returns, has been voted as the second best destination in Asia by Tripadvisor
The National Tourism Policy 2010 has been finalised and forwarded to the provincial governments for their final feedback on the proposals, while the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) and donor agencies have been contacted for the restoration of tourism infrastructure in Swat Valley, Federal Tourism Minister Maulana Attaur Rehman said …
Tourism is gaining at a rapid pace and the recent past has seen some positive indicators for the boost which Sri Lanka hopes to achieve by 2016. In order to showcase another beautiful Sri Lankan spot, as well as increase room capacity, it is necessary to expedite the development of …
JORHAT, April 30: Breaking all previous records, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), has recorded the highest number of visitors to the park in the current 2009-10 season. According to the information recieved from the office of the District Forest Officer (DFO), Kaziranga the National Park has recorded as many as …
The Tourism department has bailed out nearly 60 entrepreneurs, who had obtained Essentiality Certificates (ECs) to set-up tourism projects but did not do so despite obtaining land clearances in 1998-99. Last year, the department had opened at least 80 cases
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be held in New Delhi, India, from 3-14 October 2010. Given the many unanswered questions that have marked the CWG process, the Housing and Land Rights Network
R. Krishna Kumar Tour operators from Kerala enter core area of Bandipur furtively Entry is allowed only through the tourism zone on the highway connecting Mysore and Ooty However, many tour operators bring people into the Gundre and Begur forests in the core area unsafe:Many tourists invite danger by alighting …
BHUBANESWAR: Tourism Minister Debi Prasad Mishra has called upon the domestic tour operators to highlight Orissa as a tourism destination as the State has tremendous potential. Addressing the all-India domestic tour operators conference as the chief guest here today, the Minister said that the State has many destinations to attract …
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over unregulated tourism posing threat to tigers, a secretary level meet is scheduled next week between the tourism and environment ministry to take stock of the situation.
