Tourism policy sans action : report
Unable to take advantage of the loss of tourism in Jammu and Kashmir due to insurgency the Himachal Tourism Department is pursuing a tourism policy sans action and overselling the already saturated
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Making a difference: dossier on community engagement on nature based tourism in India
In 2008 through a collaborative project coordinated by African Safari Lodge (ASL) Foundation looking at community based efforts in nature based tourism, EQUATIONS got the opportunity to study three very interesting initiatives in India. While each have their unique contexts and histories and are on different stages of tourism development, they also have common features.
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Haryana to promote health tourism
The Haryana government has decided to promote health tourism and such projects involving an investment of Rs 100 crore or above would be given the status of industry for the purpose of incentives. While stating this an official spokesman said that the Industrial and Investment Policy-2011 seeks private sector investment in heath and healthcare sector to facilitate establishment of quality healt
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Botswana welcomes EU plan to ban trophy hunting imports
Botswana said on Tuesday that it welcomes the decision by the European Union (EU) Parliament to vote for a ban against hunting trophies entering the bloc.The minister of Environment, Tourism and Wildlife
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Save Haridwar from pollution
Green, clean, peaceful and pollution-free — expressions that once described the beauty of Haridwar have today become mere words. You can only imagine them now, thanks to the rising level of pollution in
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Now, Ranthambore opens for full day safari
Jaipur: Moving on the lines of how Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh manage their forest and wildlife, Ranthambore has, with immediate effect, opened the forest for full day safari from sunrise to sunset.
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3-day tourism fair begins in Dhaka
The Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Mart, a tourism fair, will start at the Bashundahar City exposition centre in Dhaka tomorrow with a view to disseminating tourism-based information among travellers. Amazing Holidays, a travel agency, and the BRAC Bank are organising the three-day fair, disclosed the organisers in a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Tuesday.
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Plan to develop mini Pampa'
For better tourist facilities Toilet complex opened on banks of the Bharatapuzha River management funds to be used to protect its banks MALAPPURAM: Minister for Devaswom Kadannappally Ramachandran has said that he will initiate a joint move with the Ministers of Revenue and Tourism to develop the banks of the Bharatapuzha at Kuttippuram into a larger destination of religious tourism. T
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Tourism broke for meet
Hyderabad, July 14: The tourism department, which enjoyed a high degree of importance in the Telugu Desam regime, is now struggling to pay for an an international tourism event in the state. The Pacific Asian Travel Association travel mart is scheduled to held between September 16-19 at Hyderabad. The tourism department has managed to rope in more than 2,000 delegates from nearly 120 countries but has run out of money.
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HP forest dept fights to impose NGT ban
The forest department, which generally takes care of tree covers and forest land, has quite a different job to do in Manali. Department officials have waged a war against all tourism activities in their
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Nature, faith prop up tourism in sylvan Sikkim
Gangtok: Sikkim is pushing its tourism envelope with a combination of nature and spirituality to preserve the essence of its Himalayan heritage and make a statement of sustainable growth in this age of manic concretization of the fragile hill environment. Sample this: Laid out across 23 acres of lush slopes against a startling backdrop of the icy Kanchenjunga and the Maenam hills range in southern Sikkim’s Rabongla district shines the State’s newest tourism address – the Tathagata Tsal or the Buddha Park, nearly 65 km from Gangtok.
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PIL on tiger tourism: MP turns to affected parties
To defeat a public interest litigation that seeks to ban tourism in core areas of tiger reserves, the Madhya Pradesh forest department has clandestinely sought the help of very people whose activities endanger the wild cat. Within days of the PIL in the high court, MP
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Hydel projects, apple orchards to be HPs new tourism destinations
Besides the famous rock-cut Masroor temple, hydro-electric projects, apple orchards and dam sites will now be publicised as new tourism destinations among schoolchildren of Himachal and other states. During a seminar held at Dharamsala on Masroor temple of Kangra district on Tuesday, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the state tourism department would explore organising Masroor Festival to
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HP government feels the heat over NGT ban
It was another tumultuous day in the state assembly on Tuesday as BJP launched a scathing attack on the government over the issue of National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Rohtang Pass, which has affected
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High-speed train between Jaipur and Delhi sought
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Tuesday called for introduction of a new high-speed train between Jaipur and Delhi in view of the rich prospects for investments and tourism in the State an
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Waste management outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
A third of all waste generated in cities of Latin America and the Caribbean ends up in open dumps or in the environment, polluting soil, water and air, and threatening the health of the population, according
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Responsible Tourism: ensuring inclusive growth
Kerala needs to work out tourism products in conjunction with private stake-holders and local communities to meet the challenges ahead, says Fiona Jeffrey, chairman of the World Travel Market (WTM), a
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Ayurvedic industry to gain most during Games-2010: ASSOCHAM
Ayurvedic and medical tourism industries would be the largest beneficiary during the 2010 Commonwealth Games as they might earn over Rs 800 crore.
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Centre sanctions Rs 17,468.72 lakh for tourism in NE
The Centre has approved 86 tourism projects for north-eastern States, including 11 for Tripura, during 2007-08 and released Rs 13,970.58 lakh out of the total sanctioned amount of Rs 17,468.72 lakh for the region. Official sources said here today that the Union Tourism Ministry had accorded top priority to development of tourism in the region as it had great potential for employment generation and economic growth.
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Tourism dept clears 50 encroachments off beaches
As directed by the High Court, the Tourism Department Thursday carried out an exercise to free the Candolim-Baga beach belt of unauthorised beach beds, umbrellas and other encroachments.