Intach releases book on trees around us
Tourism secretary Chandana Khan Kumar on Monday released a book on trees titled Common Trees Around Us. The book has been published by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, AP
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Disease under control
South Korea said on Tuesday that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth was under control as World Cup and tourism officials played down fears the disease would cause major disruption for visitors to the
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Two parks to put ring of green around Red Fort
The Red Fort will now be surrounded by green. The Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture has undertaken tow projects to green the surroundings of monument. The first project is a green patch between
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DFC to target multiplex, tourism sectors
After having registered a 33 per cent growth rate in its income during the last financial year. Delhi Financial Corporation (DFC) plans to focus on multiplex and tourism related activities said
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Asia sees return of El Nino, but damage is expected
El Nino is back in Southeast Asia. But the havoc the weather phenomenon wreaked on the region's agriculture and tourism industries in 1997 isn't likely to recur. Although haze from forest fires in
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Rs 85 lakh sanctioned for Pench National Park
Minister for forest, Harvansh Singh said that concerted efforts were being made to put the Pench National Park on the international wildlife tourism map. The government had also sanctioned an action
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Tandon stresses on eco-tourism
Uttar Pradesh Toursim Minister Lalji Tandon said on Friday that he development of eco-tourism was possible when its old concept were presented in the present ecological conditions. He said that
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IHCL taps overseas firms for foray into domestic eco-tourism
The Rs-601 crore Tata group company, Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) is in talks with the Chaudhary group of Nepal and an African company to make it debut in environmental/wildlife tourism in India.
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KTM off to a colourful start
Chief Minister A K Antony today called for a carrying capacity study of the Kerala State's backwaters and eco-friendly initiatives for promoting sustainable tourism. Inaugurating the three-day
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Yamuna is doomed: Jagmohan
The day after a World Bank funded report highlighted the fact that the Yamuna's Wazirabad-Okhla stretch is the most threatened eco system in the world, the Union minister for Culture and tourism, Mr.
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3 fisheries ports in K'god dist: Minister
Three fisheries ports will be set up in Kasargod district at a cost of Rs 48 crore in the next five years, informed K V Thomas, Kerala Fisheries and tourism development minister. He was inaugurating
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Vellodu bird sanctuary hit by drought
The acute drought has hit the Vellodu bird sanctuary in the Erode district Tamil Nadu and more so the tourism prospects. According to informed sources, the Chennimalai block, where the sanctuary
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Clean-mountain drive to push J&K tourism
It's a campaign with a difference for the hundreds of students of Kashmir's schools -and far removed form the election campaigns that the state has recently seen. For, the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism
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Plan for Panidihing bird festival
With a view to arouse environmental awareness, directed primarily towards bird-conservation and for promoting eco-tourism in the region, Jorhat MP, Bijoy Krishna Handique conceived an ambitious plan
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Oliver Ridley RIP
There has been a lot of rhetoric and hype about eco-tourism. In his budget speech a couple of years ago the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar even made allocations for development and promotion of
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Kerala stresses on ayurveda at Berlin meet
Tour operators from Kerala made a strong pitch for their ayurveda packages during the International Tourism Bourse here while warning customers to beware of getting wrong therapy at the hands of
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Eco-tourism course to be introduced in Calicut varsity
The Calicut University in Kozhikode, Kerala, will introduce an eco-tourism course from the new calendar year, University vice-chancellor Dr Syed Iqbal Nasnain said. Claiming to be the first of its
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Highest sardine landing in State for decades
Even as Minister for Tourism K V Thomas is busy wooing tourists to the State, visitors within the purview of his other portfolio, Fisheries, is heading the State's shores in shoals. Kerala coast is
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War, flu boost domestic tourism
The prolonged war in Iraq and the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Southeast Asia are likely to throw up an unlikely beneficiary: the domestic tourism industry. Industry
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Andamans may offer islands on lease
Andaman and Nicobar administration is likely to offer a few of its islands on lease to private entrepreneurs for tourism development. "We have identified an island, 1,800 km from Port Blair, for