First Indian firm to get Green Globe
The annual Green Globe distinction award for outstanding environmental achievements has for the first time been conferred on an Indian organisation in the travel and tourism sector. The award was
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Ban on plastic
The Rajasthan Tourism Department has directed all its hotels, restaurants, and cafers on national highways to minimise the use of plastic bags, containers and other material which are not
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Charminar to be insulated from pollution hazards
The Andhra Pradesh state government is planning to insulate the historical Charminar from the hazards of human disturbance and pollution of all sorts, according to minister for tourism E Peddi
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Govt. to promote eco tourism off Gulf of Mannar
The Government of Tamil Nadu is all set to promote eco tourism off the Gulf of Mannar with liberal financial assistance from both Central and State governments. Disclosing this at Mandapam, the Tamil
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Local participation a must for eco-tourism
With eco-tourism gaining popularity, environmental experts have suggested active local participation to save the Himalayas. Alleging that large-scale tourist activities in the salubrious environment
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Call for serious environment management
As part of the comtemporary concerns related to recurrent natural calamities, depletion of flora and fauna and tourism, the government post-graduate colleges of Rishikish and Uttarkashi are hosting
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Punjab forest policy soon
Punjab Minister for Forests and Tourism Malik Salim Iqbal said the department has drafted the forest policy and made amendments in the Punjab Forest Act which will be released shortly. Talking to
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Green Delhi Campaign inaugurated
This year's Green Delhi campaign was launched by Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Madan Lal Khurna today by planting a sapling at a park in Nirman
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Kenya struck by storm, epidemic
Kenya is reeling under the double onslaught of unseasonal downpours and epidemics that are exacting a mounting toll on human life, livestock and an economy based on tourism and agriculture. By late
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Lakshadweep wins tourism award
The Lakshadweep Administration has won the debut National Tourism Award for the Most Eco-Friendly
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Rajasthan to promote tourism
The Rajasthan government is planning to mitigate the impact of drought on the state, but with a difference. It will dedicate its next year budget to promote the tourism industry in the state
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Kerala to welcome private sector investments
After making a mark on the global tourism map, Kerala is planning to announce a new industrial policy to open floodgate for increased private sector investments in the infrastructure and
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PCB fiat to Ogilvy on disposal of mall waste
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board has issued notices to Ogilvy Live and the AP Tourism Department directing the two to take necessary measures for proper collection and disposal of the
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Australian tourism operators prepare for coral bleaching
Scientists are collaborating with the Australian tourism industry to help reef based operators to prepare for coral bleaching events as the planet warms up. Rather than questioning whether or not
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Seas at risk
Their reefs provide food for millions, their beauty attracts precious tourism dollars. But the life-sustaining ecosystems of Sulu and Sulawesi are in grave
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Centre may revoke ban on catching 60 varieties of fish
The Kerala State Government has received information, unofficially, that the Centre proposes to revoke the ban it had clamped on catching 60 varieties of fish, Fisheries and Tourism Minister K V
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Pench park to have more facilities
An action plan to maximise tourism facilities at Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh has been chalked out according to which a tourist complex with latest facilities would be constructed at Turia
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Ranganatittu Sanctuary expansion on cards
Here is a good news for Bird watchers and tourists. Forest department sources hint that the Ranganatittu bird sanctuary will be expanded under the Eco Tourism Development Project to extend more
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Rural boost to tourism
The rural women of Uganda are helping the tourism industry by providing food and accommodation to poor tourists. UCOTA, an NGO, assisted by USAID, is improving the skills of 62 women tourist
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Conserve the coastal sand dunes
Coastal sand dunes system throughout the world has been under constant threat due to pressures of population, developmental activities, tourism and constructions. Sand dune vegetation is known for