Home stay – a different trend in tourism

Because of the tourism attraction program of Incredible India our country has been witnessing a huge influx of foreign tourists. Even many country men are also coming out of their shell and exploring every nook and corner of our land. Home stay is another program initiated in India to provide comfort of a homely environment. Home stay means home away from home which gives a feeling of home. Home stay give a tourist a chance to enjoy home made food and relax in the comfort
of a house where your are not bound to maintain the protocol of a hotel, and can explore the local people and their culture. Home stay gives a feeling of belonging. Actually it is the best thing to experience the Indian hospitality.

This concept of home stay has gained a tremendous positive response in the tourism industry. Tourists like this concept very much and why not? If any one is getting homely atmosphere out side the home then it will be definitely fantastic. The concept of bed and breakfast and home stay are similar. Guests are either accommodated in the same house with the host or in a separate quarter near by.

Why people prefer home stay in India:
There are quite a few reasons why home stay is more preferred than hotel:
Distinctive accommodation: Home stay allows people to opt for different accommodation like : plantation bungalows, historic havelis (mansions), and remote rural cottages etc which are far more good from the hotels.

Personalized Service-- The host in a home stay provide excellent service to the guests. As there are number of guest is also less unlike hotel so the owner can pay proper attention to the people he is keeping. There are many cases of never ending bonding of guests and hosts which initiated in the home stay.
Home made food-- Who does not like home made made food? And home stay is the best way to enjoy home made Indian food. There are some home stay where you can use the kitchen to make your own recipe.
Local culture-- Home stay is the unique way to explore the local culture, local activities with the help of with their host.
Staying in Home stay sounds very alluring. But it is always suggested to take proper authentication before booking.

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Common wealth games 2010 – what to expect

As the D day approaching, we Indians are keeping our fingers crossed to make our mother land a good host. But alas! Indian's Commonwealth Games preparation have been unexpectedly depressing. The organizers committee is following the old adage of what can go wrong will go wrong. There are so many political wrangling, allegations of corruption, doping scandals along with delays to the completion of venues have made a negative publicity of the mega events. More over the fear of dengue fever is getting worse. About 24 countries have asked in writing about the dengue status of the country. These all together have made the pre games situation a bit scary. The controller and Audit General agency criticised the games as the most expensive ever.

The Commonwealth Games is held once in every four years. It is a unique, world class, multi-sports event often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’. As a means of improving the society and people, the Commonwealth Games Federation' encourages and assists education via sports development and physical recreation'. The current scenario of New Delhi CWG is not at all impressive. The core values of Commonwealth Games Federation - HUMANITY - EQUALITY - DESTINY are missing here.
Today just 27 days before the game we are still not hopeful enough to have the event successful. We can wait, watch and can hope for the best.

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Ecotourism in Kochi gets a big boost

It is really an interesting and good to know that eco tourism is getting its boost gradually. The inauguration of the Parunthuranchi Manappuram Ecotourism project in Aluva in Kochi on Monday was indeed a big deal.

Tourism industry is providing much focus on eco tourism to sustain our environment. Here the project will be implemented in two phases. The initial phase will be of the construction of a boat jetty, pathways and growing mangroves. The second level of development will depend on the developmental out come of the first level. The project will be implemented by the District Tourism Promotion Council of Kochi with financial aid from the Department of tourism.

Parunthuranchi Manappuram Ecotourism project will attract large number of sensible tourist to Kochi. Infact Kerala is regarded as one of the prime eco tourism destination. The main aim of eco tourism is to to enjoy nature by providing proper protection. And such kind of eco tourism project is undoubtedly a big boost in eco tourism industry.
Along with Parunthuranchi Manappuram Ecotourism project the Government has under taken pathway beautification project at Kundalakkadavu and the Harithavanam Park renovation.

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Gujrat Government Identifies A New Home For Asiatic Lions

Great news for the Asiatic Lions of India. These magnificent wild beasts are going to have a new home in Gujarat.

Along with Tigers,Indian government is also concentrating on other wildlife species of the country, to protect them from extinction.

Asiatic Lions of Gir National Park are the perfect testimony of this. To protect these animals from the verge of extinction, recently, Gujarat Government has identified a new home for the'King of jungle' in the state.

A vast lush canopy near Wankaner in Rajkot district has been selected as a new home for Asiatic Lions.The state government has decided to relocate Asiatic Lions of Gir to this new found home of the species.

After Bardo Dungar in Porbandar district, the state government of Gujarat has identified this area as second home and for the lion gene pool project. This Lion gene pool project aims to maintain gene diversity of lions as well as to guard these wild beasts against threat of any epidemic. At present this national park of the state has 360 lions which are living freely within its territory.

Gujarat government has declared that they have identified this area for long-term conservation of lions. They have also planned to make drinking water available in the area and construct check dams

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Orang National Park geared up with anti poaching Plans

The alarm bells started tingling over the rise in the poaching of the highly endangered one horned Rhinos in the Orang National Park in the lower Assam region. The government in the state of Assam has thereby decided to set up five anti poaching camps consisting of squads to protect the endangered species of the one horned Rhino.

The government officials after hearing about the poaching spree in the Orang National park have tied up themselves with lots of preparation about setting up five new anti poaching camps with two floating camps patrolling in the river. Twenty home guards would be hired and deployed for this purpose. Added to it one assistant conservator of forest would be employed to supervise the activities going on in the Orang National park.

As confirmed from the government sources on 9^th August 2009 a co-ordination committee would be formed in the lines of the Kaziranga National park. It would include the combined support of the locals, district administration officials and the army. A total face lift is being planned .

A meeting has been called soon by the forest minister which would comprise district administration officials and the army to evolve strategies for the upliftment of the Orang National park.

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State of Tamil Nadu in India to get a Tiger Foundation

A Tiger foundation is to be formed in the State of Tamil Nadu as per the suggestion of the State Zoo authority. The Tiger foundation would start functioning within a short period of time and it is to be formed in order to consolidate the 'Project Tiger Programme'.

Mr Debendranath Sarangi the Principal Secretary, Environment and Forests made the announcement as on 27/08/2009 that the funds for the formation of the Tiger foundation wfirstly sanctioned by the Central Government then it is directed through the State Government.

Once the foundation has been formed the amount would be deposited for the implementation of the aforesaid programmes under the Project Tiger.

It is also known that a memorandum of understanding is soon to be signed between the National Tiger conservation State Secretary and the Field Director of Project Tiger Area.

The State of TamilNadu has already three Tiger Reserves owing to the protective serenity of the Nilgiris and the Panoramic Western Ghats. The project Tiger reserves are Top Slip Tiger Reserve in Pollachi, Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve at Tiruneveli in Kalakkad and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Udhagamandalam.

Efforts are in being made in the fastest possible way for the setting up of the Tiger Foundation. The reason behind is as per the last Census conducted by the Centre Tamil Nadu is the only State where the Tiger Population has inflated to a number of 76 .

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Kaziranga National Park : Delight to find World's greatest One horned Rhinos

Kaziranga National park is known world wide to support a two third of the world's One horned Rhino population. This National park is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Assam(India) . Though once these endangered species of One horned Indian Rhino were on the verge of extinction but now due to the strict security and protection drive of the forest department their population has plummeted to a number of 1500 as per the census as on 1999.

The dense forests and the thickets of the large open water rivulets serve as the best habitat for the dwelling of the One horned rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam (India).

But a major concern posing the greatest peril to the Rhinos is the loss of habitat due to erosion and pollution risks.

Therefore the State Wildlife advisory board has taken a decision to allot a sum of Rs 7.8 crore package meant for anti erosion scheme to be implemented at Kaziranga National Park. This amount is midway waiting for its turn to get sanctioned from the National Wildlife board for its last approval.

The scheme was basically prepared by the water resource department especially to protect the Kaziranga national park from erosion caused from river Brahmaputra and pollution aftermaths. The decision was taken at the fifth meeting of the State Wildlife advisory board which was chaired by the honourable Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on 28^th August 2009.

A conjoin study done by the Space application Centre in Ahmedabad in India and the Brahmaputra board it was found that in between the period of 1967 and 1998 a considerable land mass of 37.80 sq kms of Kaziranga park was lost due to river erosion.

Therefore the Chief Minister emphasised on the basic point on the need for a permanent solution to erosion problem and the loss of habitat in order to protect the World heritage site.

The study from the project “2009 Kaziranga Rhino population”revealed that there has been a major growth in the population of the Rhinos in the year 2009.It has increased from the number 1,552 in 1999 to 2,048 in 2009.

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