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 …
Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009 is likely to be approved today by the Ministry of Planning. The action plan will be placed before the cabinet meeting as soon as possible for consideration following its approval, sources said. Earlier, an expert committee reviewed the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy …
An international web site giving information about Kandy to tourists had this to say in its concluding paragraph "the city is ugly and its air pollution unbearable". This is a serious matter since tourism in Kandy is affected by such adverse comments and furthermore, this situation greatly endangers the health …
Rs 5.8 crore has been injected by the Centre into nineteen projects for tourism infrastructure development in North Sikkim during 2007-08. The Centre has funded twelve projects as Centrally- sponsored schemes while six projects have been funded under Border Area Development Programme.
The Common Wagtail or the Balimahi bird which has a prominent place in the reservoir of local beliefs in the State has presently emerged as the harbinger of a profitable tourist season flourishing on bird watching in the areas around Dibru Saikhowa National Park and generating both direct and indirect …
Kerala Tourism proved wrong the predictors of doom in the context of the global economic downturn by improving performance through well-designed and attractive packages, promotion of new destinations and infrastructure development. The State, which had anticipated a 20-per cent fall in the inflow of foreign tourists due to recession in …
The Maldives on Wednesday said a budget crisis will keep its president from attending landmark U.N. climate talks, the results of which could have a huge effect on the future of the low-lying archipelago. Famed mostly for its high-end luxury resorts and white-sand atolls, the Maldives has also made a …
Port Blair bench allows resort that may endanger Jarawas THE Calcutta High Court has cleared the construction of a holiday resort near the forest area reserved for the threatened Jarawa tribe in South Andamans. The Andaman administration had appealed against building the resort saying it was within the five-kilometre buffer …
For centuries the Jarawa tribe were notorious for using bows and arrows to kill any intruder into their jungle home, deep in the interior of a tropical island. Now, however, their days as feared warriors are over and the Jarawa - until recently one of Asia
The aims of the UN's initiative to protect the last gorillas are laudable – but they are a distraction from the pressing need for anti-poaching measures. (Editorial)
When certain parts of the State are reeling under floods, some other areas are cashing in on the rising waters by conducting guided tours for local tourists as well as for backpackers from outside the State. Flood tours or flood tourism, a new concept in the State, has ushered in …
The State Cabinet on Friday approved the new Tourism Policy 2009-14, which envisages to transform Karnataka into a leading tourism destinations of the country. The policy has chalked out plans to tap the full potential of employment, revenue generation and growth prospects of tourism to make it a principal economic …
The government is considering to set up tourism development councils for prominent tourist destinations in the state like Kufri, Naldehra, Dharamsala, Mcleodganj, Dalhousie and Khajjiar, in association with local representatives. It also proposes a single-window system for grant of essentiality certificate for tourism projects involving investment of Rs 50 crore …
Fate of the Himalayan Ski Village (HSV), facing an uncertain future, is likely to be decided tomorrow as the report of the tumultuous public hearing held on June 6 at Kothi near Manali will be placed before the high-powered committee constituted to take a final decision on the contentious issue. …
In spite of economic slowdown and limited hospitality infrastructure in the State, around 2.8 lakh tourists visited Sikkim in the first five months this year, nearly 35 per cent more than the last year. According to the State Tourism Department, the arrival of domestic tourists in the State between January …
This article analyses tourism in Sikkim, a small Himalayan state of India, in light of the most general kind of tourism process models and tourist influx trends. The tourism trends are studied to map the state of progress and prospects of tourism in the state, and for the general understanding …
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling has said that he will take a leaf out of Switzerland to develop the countryside of the picturesque hill State.
