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Railway’s tiger tourism worries wildlife activists
February 28 (TravelAndy): India’s railway minister Suresh Prabhu’s announcement to start tiger tourism packages has got wildlife activists worried.
The minister said Indian Railways would offer complete packages, including train journey, safaris and accommodation, for Kanha, Pench and Bandhavgarh national parks in Madhya Pradesh state to spread awareness about the tiger, India’s national animal.
With the state government and railway’s plan to build extensive railway tracks along the forests, wildlife activities fear for the safety of the endangered big cats. Continue reading Railway’s tiger tourism worries wildlife activists
Kerala to develop 150km tourism circuit
November 10 (TravelAndy): The state of Kerala in South India is set to develop one of the country’s first mega tourism circuits, said reports.
The 150km long circuit will be developed in the Pathanamthitta-Gavi-Vagamon-Thekkady region of central Kerala.
Adventure tourism activities including buggy walks, shooting arena, archery arena, pain ball arena, Burma bridge, trampoline walk, rock climbing, multi-line walk and earthquake walk will be available for tourists. A 6km nature trail along the pain valley forest will also be in place.
This project under the Centre’s ‘Swadesh Darshan’ programme intends to promote theme-based tourism.
This circuit will extend from Angamoozhy in Pathanamthitta to Vagamon covering about 150km.
Kerala tourism minister A.P. Anilkumar said, “The development of a mega tourism circuit will not only create tourism infrastructure of global standards, but also lead to creation of jobs.”