The Government of Nagaland on March 14, 2024, notified the Nagaland Tourism Policy, 2024. In order to implement programmes of the infrastructural development, strengthening promotion and marketing efforts and generating tourism awareness to the general public, and promote Nagaland as sustainable, community-centered tourism, preservation of diverse culture and its natural …
Looking at the youthful figure behind matted reeds along the shore, it is hard to believe Kishore Behera was earlier called the Veerappan of Chilika. Once a notorious bird poacher, his gaze is focussed on a purple moorhen nest. As a crow swoops down, he swings his oar with a …
The eco-tourism project being launched by Pappinissery Eco-Tourism Society in the mangrove-rich areas on the banks of the Valapattanam River is in the centre of a controversy in the wake of allegations that the Society is encroaching river bank in the guise of developing it into an eco-tourism spot. The …
HIMACHAL Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) would construct poly houses on experimental basis starting from its complexes at Hotel Chail Palace and Barog in Solan district and cultivate vegetables and other crops for its in-house consumption. State chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that demand for organic farm produce was …
The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has allocated Rs 5,000 crores as forest grant to support ecology-based projects initiated by of ministry of forests and environment (MF&E;). Another Rs 2,063 crores have been allocated to support for state-specific projects. From this, Rs 450 crores has been allocated to strengthen the vulnerable …
Against the backdrop of the increasing popularity of ecotourism and the dramatic loss of tigers due to lack of funding, mismanagement, population and development pressures as well as poaching, this article finds that the present policies benefit neither conservation nor local communities. It is only by integrating ecotourism into a …
44-day Budget Session of Assembly gets under way Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh has set the agenda for an all-round development and faster growth of the state, without disturbing its fragile ecology. She said she wanted to see Himachal as a star performer in the field, not only among the …
The main objectives of the eco-tourism policy are: to promote eco-tourism in specified ares of the national parks/ sanctuaries/forests and other areas as a conservation and educational tool; to encourage eco-tourists to visit, enjoy and appropriate the nature on sustainable basis; to enhance the awareness about the need for nature …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 17: The Centre is keen on developing eco-tourism atop the picturesque Dalma hills so that local tribals can earn a livelihood from the exercise. The National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), under the Union ministry of environment and forests, conducted a two-day workshop to discuss various ideas that …
The holiday season is just over. Many of us would have encountered advertisements with words like “eco hotel” and “eco tours” to lure us to experience “nature’s lap” or “wilderness”. You might think such businesses are nature friendly. But they could turn out to be quite the contrary. It would …
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is going to enact a law for all the new buildings making it mandatory for them to install low carbon emitting lights. Mr SP Gon Chowdhury, managing director of West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) said that they will be meeting the …
Belta National Park Ranchi, Feb. 3: State tourism minister Sudha Choudhary is busy figuring out ways to boost tourism in Jharkhand and has made developing Betla and Netarhat her priority. The biggest challenge facing the minister now is deciding where to start. According to Choudhary, her predecessors only squandered money …
Tourism has been widely used as a component of conservation interventions which are intended to deliver benefits to local people, thereby contributing to development and creating incentives for conservation. However, a large proportion of total tourist revenue can be lost from the local area as leakage. Nature-based tourism is diverse …
Tsering Dorjey, Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, hoisted the national flag at Polo Ground in Leh yesterday. In his Republic Day address, Dorjey declared that Leh would be developed as a model hill district by 2025, despite its harsh climate, difficulty in accessibility …
Prasoon Mukherjee, whose company is involved in the Nayachar project, today fleetingly mentioned at a seminar that he had plans for an eco-tourism project at the site of the proposed chemical hub. But after the CII seminar on infrastructure, he said the details were still being worked out for the …
Shimla: The state government is preparing a 20-year integrated master plan to accelerate growth of tourism in the hill state. Besides introducing several schemes to promote tourism and related activities, the government plans to spend Rs 400 crore on strengthening the infrastructure with the assistance of the World Bank. Clearance …
ANIRBAN CHOUDHURI The site of the eco-tourism spot in North Poro. (Anirban Choudhuri) Alipurduar, Jan. 14: The forest department has decided to develop an eco-tourism spot at the Buxa Tiger Reserve, where eight men had died in encounters with forest guards over timber smuggling in the past five years. Villagers …
UNWTO team holds discussions with authorities of the district administration in Patiala With the approval of the Punjab Tourism Master Plan by the state government in November 2009, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has now embarked on a plan to implement the same in a specific time frame. …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu today stressed on immediate relocation of Lissu tribal community members from Namdapha National Park to arrest the decline in tiger population there.
Tourism is seen as an important part of the turtle conservation 'toolbox' that can be used to (1) raise awareness about sea turtles, (2) provide funding for conservation and management, and (3) create 'alternative livelihoods' and revenues for communities who engage(d) in direct consumption or sale of sea turtle products. …
