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 …
Kaustubh Kulkarni / Pune March 02, 2009, 0:40 IST TOURISM: The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation aims to replicate the factors that lead to rising flow of foreign tourists to neighbouring spots Noting the continuous and rising flow of foreign tourists to neighbouring Goa, the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) decided …
AHMEDABAD: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has belted out 543-km four lane bonanza for Gujarat. These will mainly connect port towns and major cities of state with the rest of the country. Four-laning will be carried out on NH-6,59,8A and 8D. Besides this, special radial roads for both Surat …
SHASHANK SHEKHAR The Tenughat reservoir in Bokaro will soon woo tourists. Picture by Pankaj Singh Bokaro, Feb. 26: Fresh life has been breathed into the dormant Tenughat Dam development project. The Bokaro district administration has prepared a new blueprint for developing the dam into a tourist spot. It was submitted …
Tribune News Service Yamunanagar, February 23 With a view to developing the district as a major tourist destination, the district administration has decided to spend Rs 3.21 crore on the beautification and maintenance of major historical and religious places, including Adibadri, Rin Mochan, Kapal Mochan and Surya Kund, in the …
Damdama (Gurgaon): The last major natural lake in the NCR is up for sale. While locals claim that indiscriminate mining and poor rainfall has caused great damage to Damdama Lake and jeopardised their future water needs, another story is unfolding gradually. In the past few years, many residents of Roz …
Even as the issue of alleged irregularities in allotment of land to outsiders under Section 118 of the Tenancy and Land Reform Act remains a hot political cake, the process for the cancellation of 15 allotments made for tourism projects has been initiated, but without much success. After the scrutiny …
KOCHI: The District Tourism Promotion Council is all set to launch two projects in the Perumbavoor Tourism Circuit within few months. The new projects will provide the tourists and pilgrims all basic amenities which were absent so far. The projects will be beneficial for hundreds of tourists and pilgrims who …
What makes the Northeast region a favourite destination for tourists. Visitors are floored by the untouched natural beauty and the depth of experience of the region. A central government employee who travelled to Sikkim under the scheme said,
Amidst the gloom enveloping the tourism sector, a positive development emerging is medical tourism. Many say that the recession in the US will turn out to be a boon in disguise for the sector. According to figures released by audit and consulting major Deloitte, the year 2007 saw about 450,000 …
Focusing on education, infrastructure and tourism, Sikkim is all set to become a model state for India Blessed with biodiversity and natural beauty, Sikkim, which has the magnificent Mt Kanchenjunga looking over it, is today passing through an era of "democratic profit". The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) government led by …
This study estimates the recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that borders India and Bangladesh. In 2005-06, the Indian Sunderban received some 64,000 visitors, mainly from Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Tourism to the Sunderban is highly …
Responsible tourism is especially important within natural areas so that the integrity of the environment and local community is not compromised. When natural resources are involved in tourism it is often referred to as eco-tourism, however, eco-tourism is still guided by the three same principles – social, environmental and economic. …
An overview of tourism, trade and globalisation and its impacts on biodiversity is presented in four parts. The first part interrogates the assumptions, myths and realities of globalisation. The second explores the trends in conservation ideology and its implications. The third examines how tourism - which is emblematic of globalisation …
New Delhi: With the tourist arrivals in the country showing a marked slowdown in the past few months on account of the global financial crisis and, to an extent, the Mumbai Terror attacks, India is almost certain to fall short of its target of receiving 10 million visitors by 2010. …
It is bad economic policy to rely too much on tourism! Many stakeholders and sections of the Andaman & Nicobar administration hope that tourism will become the pillar of the islands
KOLKATA, Jan. 18: With a view to attract more people to major tourist spots in Hooghly and Bankura, the state government has urged the Centre to install a well-knit railway network connecting these tourist destinations. In a recent meeting held between the state tourism department and Mr Basudeb Acharia, chairman …
