Rescuing Buddha

Sustainable tourism needs to be built with the help of locals

It is not about managing a destination, but a community with permanent residents and tourists, the latter being understood as temporary residents

Climate impact and tourism: Old travel calendars are not relevant any more

Our collective responsibility is to be mindful of our travel privileges, treatment of landscapes and the unequal burdens locals bear

Plastic pollution threatens tourism dependent Bali

While more than 80 per cent of the Indonesian Island’s economy relies on tourism, its beaches and the water are strewn with plastic

One-third of the world's nature reserves are under threat from humans

A new survey finds that one-third of this area is subject to pressure from human developments, potentially putting …

Andaman & Nicobar grapples with tourist influx, deforestation and scars of 2004 Tsunami

Islands in Flux: The Andaman and Nicobar Story is a collection of writings by Pankaj Sekhsaria on problems the archipelago has been facing in the …

A never-ending battle

After four years and innumerable trips to courts of justice, Kodaikanal's skyline may not look very different. But for the Palani Hills …

Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines

Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted

Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty

Battling extreme-weather events is not the only concern for the residents of high-altitude villages

Centre dilutes eco-tourism guidelines

Presents the new guidelines in Supreme Court; next hearing on October 3

Mountains Matter: Are the Indian Himalayas tourism-sustainable?

The answer is no if the government’s own findings are considered

'Kerala may have suffered economic losses of up to Rs 20,000 crore due to floods'

The tourism and agriculture industry in the state have borne the brunt of destruction

Bali’s Mt Agung erupts again, grounding 450 flights

At least 75,000 passengers globally have been affected in the latest eruption

Don’t bait the King

“Lion Live Bait tourism” mushrooming in Gir

Hurtling downhill

KENYA

Development doom

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Hilly woes

Darjeeling's Tiger Hill whines under ecological pressure

PHILIPPINES

ECO-TOURISM

Gorillas in the midst

In east Africa the latest war casualties are gorillas

BOTSWANA

Zambia

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