Government to promote lesser known tourist places
Construction of star hotels and any other tourism-related projects, taken up by entrepreneurs in 18 specific places in the State, will qualify for capital subsidy and soft loan facility.
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Govt aims to improve tourism in N-E
Telugu superstar and tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi here on Saturday said that his ministry has set a target of attracting one per cent of world tourists to India in next five years. Pointing out that
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First tourism blueprint for Darjeeling - Rail firm in charge of master plan for hills
Darjeeling, Nov. 7: The state government has brought in RITES to draw up a comprehensive tourism master plan for Darjeeling in the next two months, the first such effort for the Queen of the Hills. Mamata
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State tourism to harp on brand 'Eco'
The prefix eco is all set to be the buzzword of the tourism sector in Kerala with the Department of Tourism chalking out plans to extend the eco-certification to all the players in the segment. The
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A committee formed in Nashik to revive Godavari
NASHIK: During a brainstorming session on the rejuvenation of river Godavari by city-based activists and experts, Deepak Naik chairman of Maharashtra State Economic Development Council and Rekha Somalia,
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Pulling the plug on plastic bags in Indonesia
Plastic pollution is a massive problem in Indonesia. The country's rivers and oceans are clogged with waste, damaging both the tourism and fishing industries. Now the government is trying to change consumer
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Project highlights tourism potential of Chellanam
The residents of Chellanam are trying to overcome the fate of forever being on the fringes of development priorities by forming a project to tap the tourism potential of their village. A detailed Fort
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TN initiative to promote rural tourist centres
The Tamil Nadu government has come out with a new initiative for developing infrastructure facilities in and round rural tourist centres through an Infrastructure Gap Filling Fund. It is being set up with assistance from Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Departments to provide a big fillip to tourism in the State, said Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan, while replying to discussions on the demands of the Tourism Department in the Assembly on Thursday. Centres identified
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Special tourism initiatives planned
Tourism Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told the Assembly on Tuesday special tourism initiatives for Chennai-Mahabalipuram-Puducherry would start soon after holding talks with the Tamil Nadu Tourism department. Replying to the debate on demands, he said the department would take steps to obtain permission to start boat rides along the beach at a cost of Rs. 1 crore.
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Floristic diversity, community composition and structure in Nanda Devi National Park after prohibition of human activities, Western Himalaya, India
<p>The present study was carried out to assess floristic diversity, community composition and regeneration status of different forests in Nanda Devi National Park after prohibition of human activities
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'Evaluate eco-tourism effects scientifically'
A Wildlife Institute of India (WII) report has stressed the need for a scientific evaluation of the effects of eco-tourism on a particular area. Presenting a paper on
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Tiger tourism feud gets murkier in Tiger State
The bitter feud on tiger tourism inside core areas of national parks in the State got even murkier with a volunteer activist expressing fear to his life, while citing the contents of an e-mail forwarded by PCCF (Wildlife) HS Pabla to tourism entrepreneurs. The activist not only has demanded security but also sought an inquiry against the forest department official. In a letter written to Sta
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Process to draft Zonal Master Plan of ESAs begins
PANJIM: With the government intending to promote eco-tourism in eco-sensitive areas (ESA), the process to draft Zonal Master Plans for each of notified ESA around six wildlife protected areas has begun.
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Eco-tourism Centre to open in Kolar soon
The district has good news on Tourism Day. An Eco-tourism Centre will soon be opened in the City. The Centre is already under construction in the horticultural park in the reserve forest area at Antargange region in Maderahalli. The village is about six kilometres away from Kolar City. Feel of the wild The horticultural park is at the bottom of the Maderahalli hills.
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Poonch city forests to be tourist sites
An amount of Rs 164.25 crore would be used to develop the forests of Poonch city in Jammu and Kashmir as eco-tourism destination, a State Minister said on Monday. “The project for the hill top overlooking
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Govt plans temporary tourism facilities in eco-sensitive coastal zones, says RTI
The government is mooting significant changes to the Coastal Regulation Zone notification (CRZ), file inspections under RTI by members of an NGO, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) has revealed. One of the
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Ecotourism in Kochi gets a big boost
KOCHI: Yet another eco-tourism initiative is in the offing for Kochi. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will inaugurate the Parunthuranchi Manappuram Ecotourism project in Aluva on Monday. The project will be implemented by the District Tourism Promotion Council with financial aid from the Department of Tourism.
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14 more village tourism sites soon
Encouraged by the response to its rural tourism project, the Government has identified 14 more village sites which would be opened for foreign tourists in the near future. Spread over six states, these new sites would add to the 15 model villages that already exist and are attracting an impressive number of tourists.
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'Tourism sector poised to grow by seven percent'
KOCHI: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha P J Kurien has said that efforts would be taken to address the problems of travel agents. At the second day of the convention of the IAAI 'ICON 2010' held here on Friday, he spoke about the tourism potential of India. E M Najeeb, president, Confederation of Tourism Industry, pointed out that the industry would grow from 18 percent to 25 percent by 2020,
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CM bats for tourism in tiger reserves
Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met union Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan in New Delhi and urged her not to ban tourism in sanctuaries and tiger reserves, officials