Environmental Laws ‘Given Pass’ In Kashmir’s Tourism Drive
The Gurez Valley lies on the Indian side of the Line of Control, which separates…
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Clearing The Air On Snow Leopards And Last Chance Tourism
He had come all the way from France to the barren Himalayan heights of Ladakh…
Kullu Valley Flood Risk: Unregulated Tourism May Be The Cause
A new study looks into the flood vulnerability of Kullu Valley by integrating both geo-environmental…
Tapping Traditional Watermills For Sustainable Energy Solutions
With increasing tourism, villages in the hilly state of Arunachal Pradesh are faced with an…
Joshimath’s Economy Suffers Blow As Tourist Numbers Dwindle
In January 2023, hundreds of houses in the pilgrimage town of Joshimath developed fissures due…
U’khand Faces Tunnelling Disasters As Norms Are Ignored
In the early morning of 12 November 2023, a 57 metre wide section of an…
Long Dry Weather Hits J&K’s Forests, Glaciers And Water Bodies
Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing dry weather over the past six weeks, posing a…
Rethinking Infrastructure Development In The Himalayas
The Himalayan region has seen several extreme weather events and disasters this year. Experts have…
Will An Entry Fee Be Enough To Save Venice From 20 Mn Tourists?
Venice’s history, art and architecture attract an estimated 20 million visitors every year. The city,…
Monsoon Leaves Widespread Destruction And Uneasy Questions In HP
This monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has seen an increase in the loss of human lives…
Hill Station Waste Needs Better Plan, Not Just Plastic Ban
Hill stations like Kodaikanal are faced with massive tourist influx, poor infrastructure, difficult terrain, unpredictable…
A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?
The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has…
Danger Draws People To Adventure Tourism
The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention to the…
Now, A Toolkit To Identify Areas That Have High Conservation Value
In conservation practice, how are protected areas identified and delineated? The first step in this…
Tourism Glut: Habitat Loss Pushes Endangered Species To The Edge
The picturesque Munnar in Kerala, with its lush green tea gardens carpet rolling hills, sits…
Who Is Extracting Goa’s Groundwater?
Erwin Fonseca, a 47-year-old farmer lives in Goa’s Assagao, a village near the coast in…
Trouble Brews In The Taj Ganj Area As SC Order Creates Uncertainty
Already in deep crisis, the latest order of the Supreme Court banning commercial activities within…
Concern Over Environmental Impact Of Tourism In Leh Grows
The opening of the Atal tunnel at the Rohtang Pass in October 2020 has facilitated…
How Tourism Fuels SE Asia’s Wildlife Trade
Tourist guides and information centres in Southeast Asia have been fuelling the illegal wildlife trade…
‘Covid Not Over’: Himachal CM Urges Tourists To Follow Norms
As a major influx of tourists is moving to the hills in search of some…
Taj Mahal Gets First Visitors As Covid-19 Infections Climb
India reopened the Taj Mahal after six months on Monday, with the first visitors trickling…
Covid-19 Visa Ban Plunges Tourism Into Crisis
Indian hotels and travel operators warned on Thursday their industry would suffer an unprecedented hit…
CAA Stir: Tourists Skip Taj Mahal, Other Attractions
India’s tourism industry has been hit by a wave of violent anti-government protests against a…
Kashmir Sees More Than $2.4 billion Losses Since Lockdown – Group
A lockdown in Indian-administered Kashmir has cost its economy more than $2.4 billion since the…
Kashmir Shutdown Caused Losses Of More Than $1 Billion, Trade Body Says
Economic losses in Kashmir have run into well over a billion dollars since India revoked…