Ahmedabad: Locals near Gir Sanctuary earn about 70 per cent of their income from tourists, the task force report underlined.
Taking 2004 as base, the report stated that the total income from tourism is estimated at Rs 74 lakh of which Rs 51lakh is revenue raised by local people. This was earned from 1.6 lakh tourists who visited Gir that year.

The Common Wagtail or the Balimahi bird which has a prominent place in the reservoir of local beliefs in the State has presently emerged as the harbinger of a profitable tourist season flourishing on bird watching in the areas around Dibru Saikhowa National Park and generating both direct and indirect employment for many educated unemployed local youth.

The locals engaged in tourism-related activities at Bandhavgarh National Park panicked with the rumours of reported plans of moving tourism zones situated mostly in core areas, have voiced their concerns before the renowned wildlife experts of the country during the two-day national convention recently at New Delhi.

KENDRAPARA: THE 77-day ban on the visit of tourists to Bhitarkanika National Park was lifted today and the visitors were allowed into the park.

Udhagamandalam: Sans nature there cannot be any eco-tourism, said Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Field Director Rajiv K. Srivastava while delivering the valedictory address at a University Grants Commission sponsored national-level conference on

Tourists leave them injured

It is aimed at attracting nature lovers and tourists
25 per cent discount being offered
Pollachi: The Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala abutting the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve near Pollachi has unveiled a slew of eco-tourism monsoon packages to attract nature lovers and tourists.

Tourists planning an outing at Betla National Park, Palamau, in the next few months may just do well to forgo the trip.

For, the wildlife authorities have decided to close the park for three months from July 1 to provide privacy to animals to help them breed.