Tunisia’s already modest economic recovery almost halted in 2023, amidst a severe drought, tight financing conditions and the modest pace of implementing reforms. With this slowdown, the Tunisian economy in 2023 was still below its pre-Covid level, marking one of the slowest recoveries in the Middle East and North African …
Punjab Vidhan Sabha session will start on February 27. This was announced after a meeting of the Council of Ministers here today. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. This will be the sixth session of the 13th Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The Cabinet also approved the formulation …
OUR CORRESPONDENT The water body in Sapnikla. Picture by Mehdi Hidayatollah Islampur, Jan. 21: Sapnikla, the only forest tract in the Islampur subdivision of North Dinajpur, is getting spoilt because of neglect and lack of interest on the part of the administration. The 50-acre wooded area, where migratory birds flock …
Mumbai: The state is all set to get its first leopard safari. Theforest department has decided to set up such safaris at three places in the state -- near Belwandi in Ahmednagar district, at Manikdoh in Pune district and at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. The Central Zoo Authority passed …
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: This train is more than a year late. The Vidarbha Queen has been waiting for about a year-and-a-half to make its inaugural run as a luxury tiger safari train, but it may be shunted back onto the passenger track because of a disagreement between the …
CHENNAI: Visitors to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, can now enjoy travelling in a battery-operated electric vehicle. The zoo authorities have purchased five such new vehicles from a private company. Each vehicle costs about Rs 5.5 lakh and can accommodate nearly 12 persons including the driver, said the zoo …
Neha Sinha Corbett, August 8: Tourism and its ensuing commercialisation are gradually emerging as big threats to the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Around 40 resorts have come up in the tiger corridor leading up to the reserve and just last month, a tiger was hit on this corridor by a tourist …
Mumbai, July 30 BMC officials present plan to corporators, expect glass-encased restaurant to be ideal revenue earner Once the city's only zoo gets a makeover, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants to present Mumbaiites
Rajahmundry, July 16: In an attempt to tap the increasing tourism potential, forest authorities came up with plans to promote tourism in the Coringa wild-life sanctuary in East Godavari district from August. The authorities prepared plans to press into service two diesel-run 20-seater boats acquired at a cost of Rs …
Van vihar is not only the exotic tourism spot of capital but also the state as well. The forest department continuously creates new items to allure tourists. There are so many species of snakes are already living here. But now the department has procured other aqua-species of snakes like cobra, …
At the end of the tourist season on June 30, the Corbett Tiger Reserve recorded a remarkable increase in the number of tourist arrivals. Between October 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008, the reserve earned Rs 2.86 cr as revenue and 1,77,399 tourists visited it, said CTR director Rajiv Bhartari. …
P. Oppili The scheme on trial basis was launched at the zoo recently GET SET, CYCLE: Children using the new bicycles at the Vandalur zoo premises on Thursday. CHENNAI: A scheme under which bicycles are available on hire for visitors, including some for children, has been launched on a trial …
You don't have to visit the Kanha National Park or the Sunderbans to catch a glimpse of the royal tiger any more. The Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali, as part of its Rs 5-crore five-year scheme to promote eco-tourism in Mumbai, is displaying two of its newly acquired yellow …
The environment department has directed all hotels, resorts and even tents for tourists within a kilometre of forest areas to take the state pollution control board's permission to continue operations. The directive follows a string of complaints of violation of environment norms against hotels and resorts
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has suggested to the authorities of Kaziranga National Park to keep the centenary park open to tourists round the year. The Chief Minister revealed this during his brief sojourn at Mou Chapori, a holiday spot in the middle of the Brahmaputra river, on Tuesday. Gogoi, who …
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is an increasingly significant obstacle to the conservation of wildlife. The growing body of HWC literature tends to focus on biological, economic and local aspects associated with HWC. The factors driving HWC at the local level are, however, shaped in turn by numerous other factors, including laws …
Finding a place to stay in the remote and far-flung areas would no longer be a problem, especially for trekkers and wildlife lovers, as accommodation will be made available in 400 forest rest houses the booking for which will shortly be provided on the website of the Himachal Tourism Development …
With the tiger fighting a losing battle for survival in the wild, here is the story of one man's resolve to see the royal beast in its natural habitat. Sought-after prize of tourists: A tigress at the Ranthambore Park. Tales of all-eluding tigers are perhaps the most swapped stories among …
Generating funds and guaranteed sightings of exotic fauna are part of the misguided strategies of eco-tourism. Some 12 jeeps had converged at a point in the forest. In all there were about 50 people in them. They chattered and whispered in excitement, waiting for the tiger to emerge from where …
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
The growth of tourism around protected areas, energy efficiency and waste disposal will be the focus at the seminar on 'Eco-Tourism in Karnataka: Challenges, policy and Future' to be held here on Tuesday. The seminar will also discuss partnership of eco-tourism operators in the conservation of forest and wildlife. Recommendations …
