State Cabinet approves new tourism policy 2009-2014
The State Cabinet on Friday approved the new Tourism Policy 2009-14, which envisages to transform Karnataka into a leading tourism destinations of the country.
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Russia polluting world's biggest freshwater lake
UNESCO-listed Lake Baikal contains 20 percent of world's total freshwater reserves The world's biggest freshwater lake located in Russia's Siberia is in danger by the growing number of tourists as illegal
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Botswana: Birds Face Extinction
Hukuntsi — Of Botswana's over 600 species of birds, about 30 face extinction due to poisoning. The director of BirdLife Botswana, Dr Kabelo Senyatso made the revelation at an inception workshop for a project
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State to promote health tourism
The Department of Tourism in Karnataka will soon be unveiling a new tourism policy for the State. The policy will be taken up in the Cabinet meeting before August 1, 2009.
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Tourism Min sanctions Rs 100 cr special package for U'khand
This will be in addition to the central financial assistance of about Rs 95 crore already sanctioned during the current fiscal The Tourism Ministry today sanctioned a Rs 100 crore special financial package for restoration and reconstruction of the government tourist facilities damaged due to rains and floods in Uttarakhand.
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Himachal inks $95.16 million loan agreement
The Himachal Pradesh Government on Wednesday inked a $95.16 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank to strengthen tourism infrastructure in the State under the Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism. The agreement was signed here by State Principal Secretary (Tourism) Manisha Nanda and ADB officer in charge of India Resident Mission Prodyut Dutt.
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Rohtang Pass ropeway project gets thumbs down from Virbhadra
Amid locals protest and denial to No Objection Certificate by Palchan and other panchayats of Manali area of Kullu district, chief minister Virbhadra Singh declined the move to construct the ropeway to
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Rs 160 cr for tourism
In its effort to tap the hitherto unexploited tourism potential of the coastal Konkan region, the Maharashtra Government has given a formal go ahead for the implementation of a development action plan, under which it is setting up the Konkan Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC).
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Nod to tea tourism without land lease
Makaibari garden in Kurseong, which has introduced tea tourism. Siliguri: The government will support tea tourism based on infrastructure already existing in plantations but will not issue fresh lease
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Bhadarwah meadows face environment threat from plastic waste
The plastic waste generated through increased tourism activities in the high altitude meadows here is posing threat to environment, experts here said. According to officials, an estimated 4.1 lakh tourists
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President calls for developing Ashtamudi Lake
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for developing Ashtamudi Lake as an international tourism destination incorporating all principles of sustainable and responsible tourism.
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Kenya: Illegal Herders Blamed for Elephant Poaching in Tsavo National Park
Illegal herders in Tsavo National Park are poaching elephants for tusks, Taita-Taveta County Tourism Executive Alexander Mwangeka has said. Speaking in Taveta Sub-County, Mr Mwangeka blamed county security
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Integrated tourism project planned at Kanjirakolli
Area near Kodagu forests to be developed as tourism village Kanjirakolli, a village on the foothills of the Western Ghats bordering the Kodagu range of evergreen forests in Karnataka, is set to be developed as a major highland tourism destination.
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Myanmar's Tourism Boom Endangers Fragile Ecosystems
The morning sun shoots rays over the tops of the steep hills surrounding Inle Lake that pierce the mist rising from the waters. Egrets and coots glint white in the sky overhead and glide off into the deep
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding setting up of an IOCL outlet in Pinjore Garden, Panchkula, Haryana, 30/09/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tarsem Kumar Vs State of Haryana dated 30/09/2020. The matter related to setting up of an Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) retail outlet of
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Spectacular rebirth of Belize's coral reefs threatened by tourism and development
Just below the surface of the turquoise sea, coral flutters majestically amid schools of puffed up porcupinefish and fluorescent blue and yellow angelfish. The gangly staghorn and fanning elkhorn corals
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Modernizing tourist industry
The other day Governor Vohra spoke to a delegation of J&K Tourism Alliance that had called on him at his official residence in Srinagar. The memorandum presented by the delegation enlisted various demands aimed at improving tourism in the valley. The Governor had his ideas about the subject.
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New Delhi railway station bags National Tourism Award
New Delhi railway station was conferred the
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Govt taps ADB on tourism
Dispur has sought help from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve tourism after the sector was accorded top priority by the new Congress government in the state. Principal secretary, tourism, Assam, H.S. Das, said a project proposal was sent to the ADB, which has given a positive nod, at a seminar on tourism yesterday.
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India’s new coastal law threatens Mumbai’s ancient fishing villages
Changes to India's Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules this year have lifted the ban on land reclamation for commercial purposes, will allow tourism in ecologically sensitive coastal areas and permit construction