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The declaration of 2011 as Adventure Tourism Year for Jammu & Kashmir by the government has evoked a mixed feeling. There is a viewpoint that showcasing the state as an adventure tourism destination will attract a particular segment of potential tourists, which will enhance the overall tourism to the state.
The declaration of 2011 as Adventure Tourism Year for Jammu & Kashmir by the government has evoked a mixed feeling. There is a viewpoint that showcasing the state as an adventure tourism destination will attract a particular segment of potential tourists, which will enhance the overall tourism to the state.
Or how Vallabhbhai Patel's advice was ignored
Sunanda K Datta-Ray / New Delhi February 12, 2011, 0:46 IST
Sardar Patel would have approved. His stern visage, appropriately but accidentally flanked by portraits of the fresh-faced young Orgyen Thinley Dorjee, the 17th Karmapa Lama, overlooked dozens of monks in saffron and yellow, with an occasional glint of brocade, squatting under a Jantar Mantar signboard proclaiming proprietorially, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The next line, Smarak TrUst was not visible.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took stock of the rehabilitation and reconstruction work in flash-flood affected Leh district and directed the local administration to help in completion of the work before the onset of winter.
Friday November 26, 2010 : ISLAMABAD: Siachen Glacier, the second longest glacier of the planet that regulates the climate in the region and is also the water tank for Pakistan, may disappear in future, as huge cracks and streams, lakes and rivers have appeared in the glacier mainly because of ‘human intervention’.
Onset of harsh winter has forced more than 450 flash flood victims in Ladakh to move into the government funded new homes with some being incomplete.
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that it will hold its 2012 Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Tokyo, Japan. Despite stiff competition from other candidate cities, Tokyo's success was due to a convincing and compelling presentation that combined industry commitment, government support and enthusiasm from its agencies, dedication to a carbon neutral Summit and high standards of efficiency and capability.
Two of the three-member group of New Delhi-appointed interlocutors on Kashmir, headed by veteran journalist Dilip Padgoankar, arrived in the state for their second round of assessment of ground situation on Tuesday. After having their first round of visit to Kashmir valley in the first week of November, the interlocutors – academician Radha Kumar and information commissioner M M Ansari --- reached Ladakh on Tuesday.
Himachal Pradesh is all set to host the world level Himalayan Open Paragliding Championship-2010 to be held from 11th to 14th November 2010 in Bir-Biling in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The event will have international level professional para gliders from various countries around the world competing with each other. The event will also have local pare gliders participating and this includes women as well.
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