From selfies with tigers to elephant rides and orangutan boxing, Thailand offers tourists an array of attractions that animal rights activists say are cruel and should be shut down. Wildlife officials
A master plan is on the anvil for development of tourism prospects of Chilika lake in Odisha and its adjoining areas. This master plan is being prepared at the initiative of the Chilika Development
Cleanliness has always been acknowledged as a vital component for any successful venture, especially for quality tourism promotion in Sikkim which is already feeling the pinch of garbage littering by lakhs of tourists visiting this hilly State.
Jaipur: A day after the Supreme Court invited suggestions and objections for framing guidelines for conservation of tigers, Rajasthan on Thursday came up with its own guidelines, the first state to do so. The guidelines, to be submitted to the court as an affidavit by Friday, seeks to promote tourism but disperses it over a wider area than just confine to the national park only. It also seeks to promote eco-tourism in lesser known areas, non-forest areas and even on private lands adjoining tiger reserves by developing them into alternative wildlife land use options. Currently tourism in the state has been confined to areas of government ownership and is managed solely by the forest department.
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Supreme court order dated 02/07/2012 on tourism related activities within the reserved area and the buffer zone of the Jarawas.
Sarikah Atreya A tentative blueprint has been charted by the Sikkim Tourism Department to have year-round activities for its most ambitious project, `2010 - Year of Tourism'.
The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has ordered demolition of the Mackie's Saturday Night market, a prime attraction for locals and tourists. The Mackie's Saturday Night market is situated
Despite stiff opposition from within the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) and environmental activists, construction beyond 0.5% and tourism activities in nature conservation zones (NCZs) have been allowed under
Amendment in the existing Guidelines for Classification / Reclassification of Hotels 2012.
The Madhya Pradesh Eco-Tourism Development Board will organise a workshop at the conference room of Forest Rest House from Monday. At the workshop, discussions will be held on providing regular livelihood to local rural craftsmen and making market available to them at eco-tourism and forest tourist destinations. The workshop will be attended by the office-bearers of Madhya Pradesh Handicraft
New Delhi: The Union environment ministry’s eco-tourism guidelines, which promote community-based activities in the core of tiger habitats, could become a collateral victim of hectic lobbying from the
The Special Tourism Zone guidelines framed by the Tourism Department, should have served as the blueprint for conservation of the fragile eco-system of Munnar. But it turns out to be the facilitator
Jaipur: A month after the Supreme Court banned tourism in core areas of tiger reserves on the basis of Union environment ministry's guidelines, the ministry did an about turn on Tuesday, telling the court that it needed to rethink the guidelines. The SC order banning tourism in core areas had led to loud protests from states and thriving commercial ventures in and around tiger reserves. In an affidavit, the Centre cited loss of livelihood and a threat to wildlife and forests in the event of a ban on tourism.
Certain section of population seeks relaxation of ban on tourism; specialists are against any dilution of the scheme The government’s latest notifications on the 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 from certain section of the local population in the reserve areas, the specialists are against any dilution of the scheme spelt out in the notifications.
WORLD Heritage Sites like the iconic Great Zimbabwe Monument and the splendid Victoria Falls are coming under severe pressure from climate change, threatening to erode the sites' outstanding universal
Dibrugarh: The Minister of Tourism and Transport, Chandan Brahma, inaugurated the Sasoni Merbeel Eco Tourism Project, the first community-based eco tourism project at Sasoni in Dibrugarh district on July 3. The State Government had sanctioned five crore rupees for the project. The minister made the announcement of the release of three crore rupees out of the sanctioned amount.
Thailand has shut down 10 popular diving sites in a bid to slow a coral bleaching crisis, an official said Thursday, in a rare move to shun tourism profits to protect the environment. The tropical country’s
