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Karnataka: HC declines to ban jungle safari, seeks detailed response from stateThe Karnataka High Court declined to ban tiger safaris in the state but sought a response from the government on a plea for a permanent ban...
Tailored tourism: With COVID-19 changing the landscape, travellers keep trips short and safeAs airlines and hospitality sector welcome guests back, increased focus on health, safety and hygiene is leading to more personalised and c...
Corridor for elephants: Search for sustainable solution to human-elephant conflictA town mourns the death of a pachyderm as clamour escalates for a sustainable, scientific solution to the human-elephant conflict in Tamil ...
Relocation of villages: Tiger population up in ATRTiger population in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR) has gone up from a dozen in 2011 to 28 now, following successful relocation of half a do...
- Bengal tiger confronts a new creature: Development
A plan drawn up by the state government will see building of roads, hotels and other tourism infrastructure in ecologically sensitive Sunda...
Threat to tigers: Mamta Banerjee's govt to build roads, hotels in SundarbansThe CMwants to make sure everybody can afford to visit the mangroves. To this end, the tourism dept floated a tender seeking the establishm...
My ministry means business now, processes have been made transparent: Prakash JavadekarJavadekar said his ministry is no longer playing "Office Office" with green clearances. Instead the entire process has been made transparen...
- Norms allow limited tourism in core tiger areas
The Centre on Monday notified fresh guidelines on tiger conservation allowing "regulated low impact tourism" in the core and critical tiger...
- New panel to ready tiger tourism norms in 10 days
Another panel has been set up by the ministry of environment and forests to decide eco-tourism guidelines in core areas and peripheral buff...
Govt to seek more time on tiger-tourism normsThe apex court had earlier imposed an interim ban on tourism in the core zones of tiger reserves and gave states short time to notify buffe...
Tour operators' Pench proposal glosses over govt norms on tiger tourismTour Operators for Tigers had submitted to the Madhya Pradesh government to run the exclusive Africa-style eco-tourism zone adjacent to Mow...
Resort construction in full swing near wildlife sanctuary in MaharashtraThe resort is being constructed over five acres of land, reportedly acquired from a tribal, the sources said.
- New norms allowing locals to do business in core areas too under shadow
The Union environment ministry’s eco-tourism guidelines, which promote community-based activities in the core of tiger habitats, could beco...
- No tourism in core areas of tiger reserves: Supreme Court
Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no tourism activity in any of the core zones...
- Tourism facilities near wildlife habitats to pay 10% of revenue soon
All tourist operations within 5km of all 600 plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will so...
- Tourism facilities near wildlife habitats to pay 10% of revenue soon
Tourist operations within 5km of all 600 plus wildlife sanctuaries in the country will soon have to fork out at least 10% of their turnover...
God's own country Kerala to get its fifth, fully private international airportFittingly enough, the new airport is coming up at Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district, where a toy plane flown into a crowd could well hit ...
Karnataka government flouts green laws in Bandipur, plans a buildingGovernment-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), a unit involved in eco-tourism, is planning to raise permanent structures at its resort o...
- Tourism ministry mulls tighter rules for resorts around tiger reserves
Concerned over the blatant commercialisation of areas around tiger reserves, the tourism ministry is considering stricter regulations for r...
- Safety breach can cost tourism dear: Experts
Tourists cruising over Kerala’s serene backwaters, speed-boating in lakes and riding catamarans in rough seas present a pretty picture, but...