Govt plans to promote medical tourism from Oct
Close on the heels of introducing medical visas, the Government is shifting gears. Come October, the Government plans to start overseas marketing of India as a medical tourism destination. According
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Oil balls resurface in South Goa
Oily substance began to haunt the authorities again right on the eve of the tourism season, with tiny oil balls - in the initial stage of its formation - re-surfacing along the Mormugao coast in
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Tourist revulsion
Steeped in pollution, Ranchi lake is no more a crowd puller
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Set up expert panel to submit report on pollution at Rohtang: Green tribunal
Taking cognizance of air and noise pollution at Rohtang Pass, the National Green Tribunal has said an expert committee should be set up to submit its report after a spot visit. The committee shall consist
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Eco-tourism guidelines empower local communities
All tourist facilities within five km of any protected area will be monitored by local communities to guard its environment and wildlife. According to the eco-tourism guidelines proposed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, the local communities will monitor the activities of tour operators to ensure that they do not cause animals disturbance while taking visitors to the protected
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Rs 1,600-crore tourism project in final stage
The sanctioning of Rs 1600 crore integrated tourism development project for Kangra and Chamba districts, Himachal Pradesh is in the final stage. The project entails the developing of the
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Eco-Tourism Guidelines Ready for Public Comment
As India prepares to host the biennial meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity, the Environment Ministry has prepared a set of guidelines to regulate tourism in ecologically fragile areas.
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State to redefine highway comfort
- Rs 2.65cr for wayside amenities, project to kick off after elections Tourist special Ranchi, April 3: Tourists in Jharkhand can look forward to a relaxing visit.
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Orchid Festival blooms in Sikkim
Sikkim is blooming these days with on-going orchid flower festival 2009
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Tourism boom makes Himachalis vulnerable to AIDS
A booming tourism industry may be the top priority of the state government but with over 88,000 high risk population in the state as per the mapping done to assess the vulnerability to AIDS,
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Sikkim registers record growth in tourist arrivals
Tourist inflow to Sikkim has soared by 60 per cent in the first two months of this year, with 60,925 visitors visiting the State.
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Omar for balancing economy with environment needs
SRINAGAR, Chairing 4th meeting of Sonamarg Development Authority here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stressed for balancing economy with environmental needs. "While tourism potential of the State should be utilized to generate wide ranging economic activities to its optimum, the importance of preserving environment and natural grandeur must not lose the focus at any cost", the Chi
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Let's rethink growth with forest capital
Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight. Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.
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Foundation stone of eco-tourism centre laid at Srirampur
The foundation stone of an eco-tourism centre at Srirampur was laid by Hagrama Mohilary, CEM, BTAD recently. The foundation stone laying programme was organized by the Departmental Chief of Forest
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Sonepur cattle fair goes global
Tourism in rural India has just got redefined with a mega cattle fair in Bihar set to lure globbtrotters with its trade in cows, horses and even elephants.
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Draft policy envisages autonomous Sikkim eco-tourism council
A draft copy of the proposed Eco-tourism policy for Sikkim, that includes creation of an autonomous regulatory Sikkim Eco-tourism Council, has been prepared by Ecotourism Conservation Society of Sikkim (ECOSS). The proposed autonomous council headed by a chairperson has two tiers below it. Sikkim Eco-tourism Directorate with a Chief Operating Officer will coordinate the allied agencies in regulating and boosting ecotourism activities in the state. The proposed Council will have representations from different stakeholders and state forest officials. The directorate will have four different departments to fulfill the objectives of the policy. The State Government has positioned Sikkim as the ultimate ecotourism destination and identified it as a thrust industry, said Renzino Lepcha, the Executive Secretary, ECOSS while outlining the rationale behind the proposed policy. "Ecotourism represents a core element of Sikkim tourism initiatives and projects. Thus, the need for an ecotourism guideline for the State is essential in order to coordinate and bring synergy and integration between the various stakeholders in ecotourism,' said Lepcha to UNI. "Its time that Sikkim should prepare guidelines that reflect its natural and cultural characteristics, besides preserving it for the future. Some states have already done their policy,' he said. "The four interpretations of the proposed draft were Samraman, Sahyog (cooperation and interdependence among the stakeholders), Sahabhagita (participation in all activities) and Samrakshan (conservation). Conservation is supreme in eco-tourism,' said Lepcha. Eleven different strategies have been formulated to fulfill the objectives of the ecotourism policy by ECOSS in the draft copy, after brainstorming with the stakeholders. The strategies include product development, publicity, forging private public partnerships, monitoring and benefit sharing mechanism. Tour agents, joint forest management committee and other stakeholders have been asked to submit their suggestions to make the policy a model policy. The ECOSS Executive Secretary said the policy could be adopted in the second week of March after it is submitted to the state government by the Eco-tourism Circle of the forest department. T D Rai, Director of the eco-tourism cell of the State Forest Department, told UNI that eco tourism falls mainly in forest areas, which are under the jurisdiction of the Forest Department and attracts the Central and State Forest Acts. The development of ecotourism activities in these areas can be done after making it as a component of the management plan of forest and wild areas, he said.
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Report of the high level group on services sector
The rapid growth of India's exports of commercial services during the period 2000-2006, from US $ 16 billion to US $ 72.8 billion, and of India's share in world exports from 1.1 per cent to 2.7 per cent provides ample evidence of India's international competitiveness in the services sector as a whole. However, calculations of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) show falling RCA in respect of travel (tourism) and transportation (of which shipping is the major component) and accelerating RCA in
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Vasundhara Raje urges royal treatment for tourism
Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has called for a larger public-private partnership to kickstart tourism in the state. She said that
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Equations analysis of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011
<p>On 6th January 2011, MoEF still took the route of coming with another Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011 under Section 3(1) and Section (2)(v) of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Rule 5(3)(d) of the Environment (Protection) Rules 1986, superseding the CRZ Notification issued on 19th February 1991.
