In less than a decade, more than 7% of the country’s coastline has eroded due to rapid development activities. The 7,500 km Indian coastline is packed with 1,262 settlements, 1,023 structures, 143 existing ports and another 76 proposed ports. Within 10 km, there are 27 power
Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country. A bench of justice AK Patnaik and justice Swatanter Kumar put some searching
Gujarat State Govt will unveil the new tourism policy in two months. The new policy is aimed – to place Gujarat as a top tourist location in the world in five years – to attract huge investments The state government will invest Rs500 crore at Ambaji
To improve the connectivity between the mega tourist destination/ circuits, a pilot project on seamless travel will be undertaken on the golden triangle tourist circuit (Jaipur-Delhi-Agra) from 1st December 2009. In a meeting held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Shri Brahm Dutt, Secretary, Ministry of
The Karnataka govt will soon announce a new tourism policy for a period of five years — 2009-14 — with several changes and industry-friendly schemes. The policy, approved by the state cabinet, is under print and will be made public within a week, a senior government
Goa state cabinet has approved the beach shack policy for the 2009-10 season and said that shack allotment will be made on seniority basis. In 2008, the tourism department had issued application forms in September while this year the forms were issued only on Tuesday. According
The Orissa State Government has decided to develop tourism infrastructure and tourist places in the Western Orissa districts by setting up a separate circuit. The new tourism circuit will include Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Bargarh and Sundargarh districts. Emphasis will be on development of tourism places in
The Orissa Government is busy preparing a tourism policy, Tourism Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said while speaking at a consultation meeting on the Tourism Policy 2009 which is in its draft stage. While there is thrust on drawing more investment, incentives will play a key role.
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