GOT IT!

Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …

A bank to save the embarrassment of riches

Surplus food from hotels in the Capital is no longer thrown away: A non-profit organisation that started recently collects the food and …

Burnt out

Caught in a paradoxical situation, Hotel Maurya Sheraton retracts its plan of installing a pyrolator

Vohra panel wants beach tourism left to states

A panel reviewing beach tourism policy rules out a common strategy and suggests that the states know best how to use their beaches

IN PICTURES: The vibrant, colourful world of Bastar’s haat bazaars

Colourful bamboo baskets, laughter of women sipping away at mahua, sweets to devour — haat bazaars of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are a different …

COVID-19: Himachal gears up to meet post-lockdown challenges

From economic relief to different use of premises to regulation of hotels, hoteliers are considering a number of options

FSSAI’s new initiative to ensure safe food from caterers to consumers

Initiative will ‘ensure good competition between restaurants to maintain hygiene while helping consumers to make informed decisions about …

Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the …

Jurisdictional ruling angers environmentalists

The Sri Lankan government is being sharply criticised for giving the court of appeal in Colombo authority to hear cases involving development …

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

Virgin islands In peril

Tourism planned in Sri Lanka’s islands threatens their fragile ecosystem and the lives of people there

Trespassers allowed

Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement  

Undone by rampant mining, illegal buildings

Uttarakhand government has made no attempt to enforce mining and building regulations in the state, which exacerbated flood's impacts

Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction

The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains

Demolition orders for Banyan Tree luxury resort

Seven-star deluxe villa resort was built on an islet in Vembanad backwaters, a Ramsar site, with full cooperation of state agencies

Living on the edge

Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …

Dark twist to bright tale

Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …

SHUTTERS DOWN

HOTEL CONSTRUCTION

Hill station hotels ordered shut

Authorities wake up

Not here

The Union government shoots down a hotel project within a Karnataka national park

Five-star exploitation

No more dumping

Capital's hospitality industry will have to manage its waste

Hotel construction flayed