Seminar on tourism devp at Shilpgram
STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 18
STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 18
With the pilot project of agri tourism at Baramati attracting more than 7,000 visitors since inception (October 2005), the Agri Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) has identified 25 more locations
This paper reviews the policies and practices of companies in water use and water management, and considers how they manifest an evolution of private sector roles, through examples of innovation by companies
R Haldorai |ENS Coimbatore FOR the first time in the Queen of Hills, Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) is likely to introduce bicycle riding at Ooty Boat House (Ooty Lake) to attract more tourists this summer.
Budget being a short-term and seasonal exercise is primarily an answer to the economic survey of the preceding year. Economic reforms and policies need not wait for the budget. Traditionally, budget should
The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) may be generating political heat but the Government is borrowing the SEZ idea to plan Special Tourism Zones (STZs). The National Tourism Advisory Council (NTAC), the
JAIPUR: The Braj Foundation, which successfully campaigned in the past for a ban on mining operations in the tehsils of Deeg and Kaman in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, has called for a comprehensive tourism master plan for the region to ensure a holistic development of this religiously and culturally significant area.
The Maharashtra government's new tourism policy will offer a slew of concessions to hotels, gold parks, adventure sports and houseboats, it is learnt. The policy will lay emphasis on eco-tourism it
Dhanbad, March 2: A holiday in the grimy coal belt? You sure shudder at the thought today. But your choice might just change tomorrow when the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), in association with the state tourism department, turns the hitherto uninviting land into a desired destination.
This policy by the Punjab government is aimed at providing the framework for tourism growth in the state in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner.
A new investor-friendly tourism policy aimed at making Andhra Pradesh the number one tourist destination was announced by the Tourism Minister J. Geeta Reddy. With 8.9 crore domestic tourists
AHMEDABAD: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has belted out 543-km four lane bonanza for Gujarat. These will mainly connect port towns and major cities of state with the rest of the country. Four-laning will be carried out on NH-6,59,8A and 8D.
To boost the falling tourism graph, the Rajasthan government has decided to hardsell eco-tourism at Mount Abu, Udaipur and Jaisalmer. Stating this, the state's forest mininster, LN Dave, said the
The spread of harmful algal blooms and marine pollution are a serious threat to the fishery resources of the Indian Ocean RIM countries. The expansion of these algal blooms in the past 25 years is responsible
Even as the issue of alleged irregularities in allotment of land to outsiders under Section 118 of the Tenancy and Land Reform Act remains a hot political cake, the process for the cancellation of 15 allotments made for tourism projects has been initiated, but without much success.
Global warming can benefit the Australian tourism industry, former Queensland premier Peter Beattie says. Mr Beattie, now a visiting scholar at the University of South Carolina in the United States, this week gave a guest address at the university on sustainable tourism. "There is a silver lining to global warming in Queensland, and it is not just developing clean coal technology to clean up energy generation and a more environmental way in which we inhabit this planet," Mr Beattie told the forum.
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 27/07/2015 regarding operation
The government – both at the centre and the state (Odisha) – has reduced adivasis into mere exhibition items in attempts to lure domestic and foreign tourists. On the other hand, they invite multinational
Under scanner of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Odisha Government has notified an eight-member panel, headed by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra, which will examine the environmental issues affecting
New Delhi: With the tourist arrivals in the country showing a marked slowdown in the past few months on account of the global financial crisis and, to an extent, the Mumbai Terror attacks, India is almost certain to fall short of its target of receiving 10 million visitors by 2010.