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Myriad Faces Of Tourism  |
| September 04, 2010 |
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| With diverse experiences and research in sustainable tourism, EQUATIONS has the wherewithal to justifiably turn into an advisory... |
| The Equal and Opposite Effect |
| August 30, 2010 |
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| We have never before witnessed such a huge multi-billion rupee racket as the Commonwealth Games in... |
| State tourism policy scrutinized by various concerned organizations |
| August 29, 2010 |
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| The second and the final day of the Regional Consultation on Responsible Tourism in the North Eastern States of... |
| NE Tourism conference has an eye for future prospects |
| August 26, 2010 |
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| A two-day regional consultation on responsible tourism in the North Eastern states of India kicked off this... |
| NE tourism stakeholders to brainstorm at Gangtok for responsible tourism code |
| August 25, 2010 |
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| A two day regional consultation on ‘responsible tourism’ in the North-eastern region of India organized by... |
Maharashtra
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Here you can find the Key Interventions (Campaigns, Events and Other Interventions) related to this State. These can be sorted year wise. On clicking a Title, you can read online and download the respective Key Intervention.
Presently, Key Interventions from the year 2006 to 2009 are available.
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Letter to Shri. Jairam Ramesh on Pre Draft CRZ Notification 2010May 28, 2010 | Campaigns
This is our letter to Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forest (MoEF), on our comments on the Pre Draft CRZ Notification 2010 in the context of tourism. We continue to demand for a comprehensive legislation and not a notification to regulate coastal activities, to protect coasts and the livelihoods of the coastal communities dependent on it. |
Here you can find Resources (Papers, Publications and Presentations) linked to this State. These can be sorted year wise. On clicking a Title, you can read online and download the respective Resource. Please do acknowledge EQUATIONS when quoting from or using these resources in any manner.
Presently, Resources from the year 2006 to 2009 are available.
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EQUATIONS comments to the Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010May 28, 2010 | Papers
While we continue to identify various instances of CRZ violations by the tourism industry across the country, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in April 2010, issued another Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010 to amend the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 1991. MoEF continues to take the notification route in spite of a longstanding demand by coastal communities, movements and civil society organisations for a comprehensive legislation to regulate the coast. A democratic system of governance calls for a regulatory mechanism through legislation for the significant and extensive coastline of India. This brief paper is our comments related to tourism and the Pre Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2010. Our covering letter to Minister Jairam Ramesh is also uploaded. |
EQUATIONS work across many parts of India has been in the areas of awareness building, research, campaigns and advocacy by identifying issues related to tourism & by establishing strong network alliances to work on tourism issues. EQUATIONS has attempted to respond to requests and support local groups in their endeavour for a form of tourism that is people-centred, equitable, just and sustainable.
The coastal district of Sindhudurg represents an economically backward district where a tourism-led development strategy was emphasized for regional development. The declaration of Sindhudurg as a tourism district by the Government of Maharastra in 1997 and a Special Tourism Area (STA) by the Government of India was the first example of an entire district being selected for development focusing exclusively on tourism. The identification of tourism mega projects, industry status to tourism and the provision of myriad incentives to private investors include other strategies for fostering tourism development in Sindhudurg.
In 2001-02 EQUATIONS collaborated with University of Mumbai on study on Maharashtra’s tourism Policy, Coastal districts and Sindhudurg, with Dr Swapna Guha Baneerjee (then with Department of Geography University of Mumbai and now with Tata Institute of Social Sciences) as the Principal Researcher. The study analysed tourism development in coastal districts of Maharashtra with special emphasis on the special tourism area of Sindhudurg. Ilika Chkravarty of IIT Mumbai researched this also as part of her doctoral thesis finalised in 2004 “Tourism as a Development Strategy: A Case Study of the Malvan Taluka, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra” and had consultations with EQUATIONS in the course of her research.
In December 2007, EQUATIONS was invited to present our research and analysis on the issue of Special Tourism Zones (STZs) in India at the 5th International Critical Geographies Conference held in December 2007 in Mumbai at the TISS campus. This was part of a session on “Valorising Regions, Modernisation and Land Usurpation”. As part of our tracking of Special Tourism Zone, mega tourism projects and SEZ developments, we have focussed on the Special Tourism Zone in Gorai-Manori-Utthan coastal area near Mumbai. Also on the scanner is the private “hill city” of Lavasa is located in the Western Ghats, near Pune and Mumbai. The city is coming up on eight large hillocks that surround the Varasgaon Dam Reservoir. Spread over 25,000 acres of land the project has defied all norms of environmental impact assessment, local people’s rights, adivasi rights and equitable and sustainable tourism.
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