Pata plans green meet
Hyderabad Sept. 18: To offset the carbon footprint for its meeting here, the Pacific Asia Tourism Association (Pata) has decided to plant 30,000 trees at various places in the city.
Hyderabad Sept. 18: To offset the carbon footprint for its meeting here, the Pacific Asia Tourism Association (Pata) has decided to plant 30,000 trees at various places in the city.
Tourism is spelling doom for the beautiful Irrawadi dolphins of Chilika, in Orissa, the only one of their kind in the country. Studies reveal that the number of this human-friendly mammal has
Ms Ajanta Neog, Minister of State for Tourism and local MLA said that there would not be eviction in future in Doyang region as the Doyang Reserve Forest had already converted into a Jananchal
The Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Kerala and the adjacent Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu were reopened for tourists on Tuesday after a gap of four months. Two other tiger reserves, Mudumalai and
Nanda Devi in Garhwal hills, one of the most sought-after Himalayan peaks, has been ranked the second runner-up in the destination category for the prestigious 2004 Conde Nast Traveller's Eco-Tourism
In a radical shift in mindset, the government is for the first time thinking of unlocking forests for controlled tourism. No less than 23% of our country is in forest department's hands. Officials
A stinker of an omission from the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) is a common enemy of public health, tourism and food exports from India: omnipresent human excrement. Tackling this should be an
When the beach gets eroded, endangering thousands of standing casuarinas trees, one would presume that the departments of Tourism, Forest and Agriculture would come into play. But ask officials of
Tiger sighted after it was thrown open on Tuesday The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) was thrown open to tourists on Tuesday. The ad hoc committee, constituted on the recommendations of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in accordance with a recent directive of the Supreme Court, had reviewed the situation at the reserve at a meeting held here a few days ago.
With eco-tourism picking up in different parts of the country, can Jharkhand be far behind? On the contrary, in less than two months, the tribal village of Janumdih in Potka block of East Singhbhum will offer a unique rural experience for visitors.
Kerala state has unveiled a portfolio of tourism-related projects worth approximately Rs 297 crore to be implemented during the current financial year. The proposals submitted to the Union Ministry
Eco-friendly, safe rickshaws to ply on Amritsar roads Amritsar: A quiet revolution is in the offing for users of public transport in the holy city of Amritsar. Unsafe cycle rickshaws will soon be replaced by specially designed eco-friendly cycle rickshaws, thanks to the state Tourism Department
Marine turtle tourism brings in about three times as much money as the sale of turtle products such as meat, leather and eggs, according to a study carried out by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The
In this season when privatisation raises red flags all around, comes a bold proposal from the Tourism Ministry to throw open the restricted Andaman and Nicobar Islands archipelago on the east coast
What would be the position of the new government on eco-tourism, one of the sectors closest to the heart of former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. No one, not even the senior most officials are
With Growing Big Cat Population, R
The Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) of Sri Lanka established in the early nineties by a group of young volunteers with the aim of conserving marine turtles is also helping a number of community based projects. With the assistance of UNDP
<p>Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife, tourism and shipping. However, despite the durability of plastic, and the exponential increase in its
SHILLONG: The so-called slogan for promotion of eco-tourism in the State has been found to be hollow as industries have still been allowed to make rampant use of charcoal at the cost of forest cover.
Guwahati: As the picturesque World Heritage Site at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was thrown open for tourists for the season on Thursday scores of tourists from England and Japan along with several groups of domestic tourists visited the ‘world heritage site’ known as abode of one-horned rhinoceros. The tourists season will last till March 31 next. Another tiny rhino habitat in Assam, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Darrang district was also opened for tourists on Thursday.