Tourism in the News

An independent study by three leading NGOs has exposed exploitation of children including sexual assault at two of India’s most popular tourist destinations, Ujjain and world heritage site Khajuraho, known for its temples dedicated to beauty and love.
Sexual exploitation of children by tourists in India is commonly associated with states like Kerala and Goa and the study is perhaps the first to reveal such goings-on in Madhya Pradesh.

A joint research conducted by the council for social justice and peace (CSJP) and Equations, a Bangalore-based NGO, with a focus on two coastal villages- Candolim and Agonda-found that though tourism has been promoted in Goa since 1984, the state still does not have a tourism policy.

For about 20 years, those attempting the conservation of monuments in India have struggled with one big problem: traffic. From Madurai to Pune, from Ahmedabad to Srinagar, the solutions are being fought over with varying results.

The Bhopal International Conference on Sustainable Tourism 2013 organised by Ecotourism Society of India along with Madhya Pradesh Tourism was an effort to bring on one platform conservation experts, NGOs and hotel operators to focus on wide ranging issues related to sustainable tourism and community engagement

Draft norms propose that only up to 20% of core areas of tiger habitats be allowed for regulated tourism

Mixed reactions to lifting ban on tiger reserves