Rajasthan unveils new tourism package
The Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) has announced several attractive and result-oriented schemes for the corporate sector, Government undertakings other institutions and domestic and
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Saving the taj
The Supreme Court recently issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the state's plans to construct a commercial corridor between Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. The court cited the Krishan
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Coastal towns urged to prepare for millennium
Britain's coastal resorts are being exhorted to give themselves a facelift as part of plans to prepare Britain for tourism in the
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CHINA
T ourist attractions in China will now be classified according to hygiene, communications, safety and protection of the environment. Declaring this, a senior tourism official of the China
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Turning Sri Lanka’s urban vision into policy and action
Sri Lanka’s Country Vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and to transition to an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka’s Urban Vision is to develop a system of competitive,
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Visit Athirampilly before it drowns
The only sound you can hear from the Rainforest Resort overlooking the Athirampilly Falls is of water plummeting down the mountains and joining gurgling streams. It was a heady experience to watch the Chalakudy river crashing down on hard granite rocks and breaking into a cloud of foamy spray in the lush landscape of the Sholayar range.
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Bid to save Chouki from environmental degradation
BARPETA, Jan 28: Chouki, a small but beautiful place situated along the Indo-Bhutan border in Baksa district, has grown into a tourist spot nowadays. Thanks to the efforts of Manah Chouki Khongkha Eco-Tourism Society, an NGO, in turning the place to a tourist hot spot. Chouki was earlier infested by various militant groups.
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Stone laid for anti-sea erosion walls
NAGERCOIL: The Government has allotted a sum of Rs.5.26 crore for the construction of anti-sea erosion walls in six coastal villages, said Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan. Laying the foundation stone for the construction of anti-sea erosion walls at a function held at Erayammanthurai on Thursday, he said that such walls would be constructed at Erayammanthurai at a cost of Rs. 1.81 crore.
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Govt plans new policy on shacks
Minister for Tourism Matanhy Saldanha, on July 26, declared the Goa State government's intentions of forming a policy to regulate the allotment of shacks along the coastal belt. Besides working out
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Lion transfer will be big blow to Gujarat tourism
Ahmedabad: Gujarat may have been opposing the transfer of lions on grounds of wildlife survival, the real fear is that once the Asiastic lions were shifted to Madhya Pradesh (MP), they would provide a major boost to the latter
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Drain it, lose it,’ says new wetlands economics report
A major report that will help countries understand the economic value of inland wetlands, which cover a vast area of the earth’s land surface and provide key ecosystem services, was released at the conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity here on Tuesday. The message ofthe report is simply, ‘drain it, lose it.’ Inland wetlands cover at least 9.5 million sq km of the earth’s surface, and together with coastal wetlands, 12.8 million sq km. Restoration of this particular type of ecosystem is the most expensive. These water bodies provide clean water for drinking and agriculture, cooling water for the energy sector; they also regulate floods. Agriculture, fisheries and tourism sectors depend heavily on the health of wetlands.
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Strategic framework for resilient livelihoods in earthquake-affected areas of Nepal
On 25 April, Nepal experienced a catastrophic earthquake that not only took the lives of over 8,000 people, injured over 22,000, and displaced over 100,000, it also affected the livelihoods of over 2.28
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Fewa Lake cleaning campaign
Over 20 tons of refuse, including water plants, human produced waste and other rubbish was removed from Fewa Lake (Nepal) during a campaign to clean up the lake. Tourism entrepreneurs, journalists,
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Government seeks more funds for infrastructure
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has sought enhanced grants from the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) for heritage conservation and development of tourist infrastructure in Orissa as tourism has become one of the major sources of employment generation.
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70% of Corbett resorts host parties, races
Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: Is Corbett National Park, India
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Lagoon blues
The Walvis Bay lagoon is at the centre of a stormy debate between the town's tourism development council and conservationists. The former wants to develop a restaurant-coffee shop-tourism centre
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No petrochem hub in Haldia
New Delhi: The government on Thursday withdrew the plan to set up a petrochemicals hub in Haldia, in partnership with West Bengal, after the state decided to use the land to set up a power plant, an industrial
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Tourists and turtles: Searching for a balance in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Tourism is seen as an important part of the turtle conservation 'toolbox' that can be used to (1) raise awareness about sea turtles, (2) provide funding for conservation and management, and (3) create 'alternative livelihoods' and revenues for communities who engage(d) in direct consumption or sale of sea turtle products.
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Mapping Goa
Goa is rapidly destroying its natural charms. The once lovely beaches are lovely no more, the banks of the great estuaries once clothed in unbroken forest are now defaced by a rash of ugly buildings and the government is even handing over tracts of forest and agricultural land to commerce and industry. Goa may continue to be a popular tourist resort but only in the hinterland will its beauty and charm survive.
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SKS Ispat, Bhushan Steel lose their coal blocks
The coal ministry on Tuesday approved the deallocation of captive blocks held by SKS Ispat and Bhushan Steel, based on the recommendations of an inter-ministerial group (IMG) reviewing progress on the blocks. At a meeting on Tuesday, the panel also recommended deallocating a block being developed by Bihar Sponge. SKS Ispat’s Rawanwara North block and Bhushan Steel’s New Patrapara block, deallocated on Tuesday by Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal, together hold reserves of 1,216 mt. SKS Ispat was recently in news after its name figured in the alleged allocation scam. Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahay’s brother Sudhir Kant Sahay is an executive director in the company.