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 …
You are working on the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR)... Not really. I am working on the Corbett Binsar Nainital Ecotourism Initiative. We are trying to develop a framework in conservation and ecotourism. We are working in the area rimmed by ctr, Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary and Nainital. What is the project …
Seeking nirvana Rich, restless and willing to pay Babu Vargese was thrown out of college because he insisted on wearing his hair long. Vargese likes to do things differently. Like running TourIndia, a Kerala based travel agency he founded 20 years ago. His keen interest in nature and people, coupled …
USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated US $14.2 billion and supported almost 300,000 tourist-related jobs during 1996. Nepal: The Annapurna area is the …
If there is an ideal ecotourism destination in India, it is Sikkim. This eastern Himalayan state of India with its pristine mountains, crystal clear lakes and rich cultural and natural diversity, is fast gaining popularity. Attracting some two lakh tourists a year, of which 12,000 are foreigners, it has witnessed …
Not everyone is thrilled with ecotourism. Many believe that the big business of tourism people is only using the people in destinations, who offer their natural, social and cultural resources to make the
If tourism revenues are generated by the quality of natural goods like a healthy tiger habitat or an excellent coral reef, then should tourists not be asked to pay an ecotax to conserve them? This year the socialist-green regional government of the Balearic Islands in Spain has attempted to do …
Thenmala in Kollam district of Kerala will have the first national butterfly park. The project of the park will be implemented by the Kerala Forest Research Institute and the ecotourism department. The park will be established in 1.21 hectares of land adjacent to the office building of the Kallada Irrigation …
Tourism stakeholders in Zambia's tourist capital of Livingstone, the departure point for the world famous Victoria Falls, are expressing concern over what they call "bureaucratic confusion' of the Zambia Tourist Board, the Environmental Council of Zambia, Zambia Wildlife Authority and the National Heritage Conservation Commission. The fall is reeling under …
The United Nations has announced a new biosphere reserve in Brazil's Pantanal region, the largest tropical wetland ecosystem in the world. The country's biologists are hoping that Pantanal's new status will attract fresh funding and investment. The funds will help in conducting more extensive research on one of the Earth's …
for decades I searched for them in vain. Finally, I found one, but not the way I would have preferred it. Lying on the shore of a coastal Gujarat village, barely alive, was the whale shark ( Rhincodon typus ) I had chased for most of my life. Fisherfolk were …
till the Seventies, Goa was one of the hippie capitals of the world, with the disenchanted "flower-children" of the West living out their version of "nirvana" on a few of North Goa's golden-sand beaches. The decade between 1968-1978 was a time when the exotic locales of Goa attracted tourists in …
A South Korean firm will invest us $10 million on a fleet of 300 electric cars that will ferry tourists around Cambodia's sprawling Angkor Vat temple complex, a tourism ministry official said recently. "These cars will transport tourists and also reduce vibrations that might cause damage to the temples. The …
T ourist attractions in China will now be classified according to hygiene, communications, safety and protection of the environment. Declaring this, a senior tourism official of the China National Tourism Administration ( cnta ) said the project will begin from October and would be classified into four grades. Zhong Haisheng, …
Participants at the seventh session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), held in New York from April 19-30, this year expressed concern over the growing use of land, traditionally used by indigenous people and local communities, as tourist destinations. They called upon the industry to contribute to …
sight-seeing boats are threatening the coastal mangrove trees on Iriomotejima island in Japan. Large waves from high-speed boats are washing away the mud around their roots. With ecotourism booming in Japan, a growing numbers of people are making trips to visit the ancient forests in Iriomotejima, about 440 km southwest …
The volatile political climate seems to have no effect on eco-tourism which is flourishing in Sri Lanka, famous for its beaches. In what has come to be termed as the new age of eco-tourism, the tourists, mostly from the north are more interested in the culture, tradition and history of …
TRASH-STREWN beaches, tribes reduced to selling cheap trinkets and tourists on the prowl for prostitutes, have forced many in the travel industry to promote a healthier 'eco-tourism' in both Thailand and Vietnam before it is too late. A small organisation called Alternative Tourism of Thailand now conducts tours for foreigners …
ECO-TOURISM has not won many supporters in Russia. Prominent Russian scientists have severely criticised government plans to encourage commercialisation of state-owned nature reserves, says a report in Nature. Among the proposed measures are admission charges for visitors and permission for hunting for a fee. Vadim Tihomirov, chairperson of the reserves …
In Zimbabwe, the area occupied by national parks, safari areas, recreational parks sad sanctuaries (collectively called the Wildlife Estate) totals about 47000 km2, or 12.5 percent of the total land area. This area is the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and is managed by the Department …
