Jim Corbett Park guide gets wildlife award
Jim Corbett Park guide Ramesh Suyal has won the Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for wildlife guide for year 2014 as part of the Sanctuary Travel Operators For Tigers Wildlife Tourism Awards. The award
Jim Corbett Park guide Ramesh Suyal has won the Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for wildlife guide for year 2014 as part of the Sanctuary Travel Operators For Tigers Wildlife Tourism Awards. The award
The tourism department has designed special package tours for delegates during the bio diversity summit, which starts from Oct 1 With about 8,000 delegates from 193 countries expected to attend the XI Conference of Parties (COP 11) and the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in the city from October 1 to 19, the state government is all set to project Andhra Pradesh on the world tourism map. Accordingly, the state tourism department has designed special package tours for delegates including daily evening and week-end visits to historical places and heritage sites in the city.
Tourism is a success in Kerala as it revolves around the region’s roots — its art forms, cuisine, ethnic products, martial art forms etc., Amitabh Kant, managing director and CEO of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, who was formerly secretary of Kerala Tourism, said. At a session on tourism at the Emerging Kerala meet on Friday, he spoke of how tourism came to the rescue of many ‘nalukettus’ (a type of traditional building), which would otherwise have been torn down and sold. “We must constantly innovate, while retaining the State’s native charm. We should also restrict construction in pristine locales.
JAIPUR: Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari on Wednesday handed over the National Tourism Award to Rajasthan for the best tourism-related programmes. Rajasthan Tourism Minister Beena Kak received the award at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, in the evening. The Award contains a trophy and a certificate.
<p><span id="itro1">National Tourism Conservation Authority (NTCA) notified these guidelines on 15 Oct 2012, under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 for tourism in and around tiger reserves.</span></p>
Certain section of population seeks relaxation of ban on tourism; specialists are against any dilution of the scheme The Tamil Nadu Government’s latest notifications on demarcation of core and buffer zones of three tiger reserves in the State may still require a fine-tuning to strike a balance among ecology protection, tribal welfare and tourism promotion, feel conservationists and wildlife experts. As the demand for relaxation of the ban on tourism becomes shriller in the reserve areas, the specialists are against any dilution of the scheme spelt out in the notifications.
SC ban hasn’t affected conservation The theory that a ban on tiger tourism will affect the conservation of the critically endangered big cat was rubbished by the State Forest department, which claimed that it was able to initiate protective measures without funds from tourism. The Supreme Court’s interim order to ban tiger tourism in the last week of July created a flutter. Several wildlife enthusiasts and resort owners predicted almost “the beginning of the end of tiger conservation” in the country. Many of them claimed they supported conservation by sharing their revenue which will add to funds for conservation.
The government wants to quickly act on declaring the 117km stretch of Mandovi and Zuari rivers and Cumbharjua canal as national waterway in Goa to promote transport and tourism. During UPA-II, a request
A respect for human rights is fundamental in setting up a business Respect and communication between businesses and indigenous communities will lead to better infrastructure and services for both parties
<p>Common Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Girish D. Gaonkar & Ors Vs. State of Goa & Ors Application No.52/2014 (WZ) Surendra Sazu Govekar &
PURI: A corporation for preservation of environment in adherence to CRZ norms for sustained beach tourism development, comprising all the beach settlements of the State, needs to be formed, felt experts
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Worldwide eco tourism is becoming popular, adding to the growth in the global economy and boosting the tourism sector. This concept of eco tourism includes, rural tourism, ethnic tourism, religious
In an order that will have far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court imposed a blanket ban on tourism in the core areas of tiger reserves with immediate effect on July 24. The order is up for review within three weeks, but the stage has been set for a period of considerable turmoil in matters related to wildlife tourism, particularly that where the tiger is involved. There has been wide coverage of the development in the print and electronic media and the virtual world too has come alive with opinions, claims, allegations and counter allegations.
Six facilities of the Himachal Pradesh forest department have been given on rent via public-private partnership (PPP) to function as eco-tourism sites, under the revised policy. In a written reply to the
The Supreme Court’s directive banning all tourism activities in core areas of all tiger reserves in the country had an immediate effect in Bandipur and Nagarahole national parks. By early Wednesday morning, many tourists -- confused, angry and disappointed-- left the place. After the State forest department had on Tuesday decided to stop all tourism activities. For the first time in 40 years, the busy Bandipur tiger reserve as well as Antharasanthe guest house at Nagarhole came to a virtual standstill, following the State forest department deciding on Tuesday to conform with the apex court directive.
Ninety travel operators under the banner of Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) have expressed their unhappiness at the Supreme Court order disallowing tourism activity in core areas of tiger reserves. Expressing his anguish over the judgment, Dr Goverdhan Rathore, a lodge owner and son of the legendary conservationist Fateh Singh Rathore, expressed surprise that the Supreme Court has chosen to disregard clear evidence that “wildlife tourism in Indian tiger reserves was not harming tigers”
Nudged by the Supreme Court to put in place a set of comprehensive measures for conservation of tigers and wildlife in entirety, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has submitted its final guidelines
Hailing the Supreme Court order of disallowing tourism activity in core areas of tiger reserves, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Tuesday said she would ask the state governments to strictly follow the directives of the apex court. "We welcome the Supreme Court order banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves. We are very strict about banning tourism in core zones of tiger reserves. I will personally write to all Chief Ministers asking them to strictly follow the Apex Court directive," Natarajan said.
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