Link tourism to biodiversity: Experts

  • | Saturday | 29th April, 2017

Sponsored by the Union ministry of tourism, the event is being held under the aegis of the HNB Garhwal University 's centre for mountain tourism and hospitality studies, from April 28 to 30.On day one, drawing attention to Uttarakhand's rich biodiversity, speakers at the seminar stressed the need for linking tourism to biodiversity to make it sustainable. HARIDWAR: A three-day international conference cum workshop on 'sustainable entrepreneurship development practices in tourism and hospitality sector in the Himalayan states' was inaugurated in Rishikesh on Friday. Foreigners and Indian tourists should be shown these sights instead of being taken to Mussoorie, Nainital or other places," said professor Ajay Rawat , a noted forest historian. "There are over 380 prime cultivars (wild species of plants) in the state, 520 species of butterflies, beautiful mountain peaks, fascinating forests at high altitudes and alpine meadows called bugyals which make the Himalayan region a vast storehouse of beauty.

HARIDWAR: A three-day international conference cum workshop on 'sustainable entrepreneurship development practices in tourism and hospitality sector in the Himalayan states' was inaugurated in Rishikesh on Friday. Sponsored by the Union ministry of tourism, the event is being held under the aegis of the HNB Garhwal University 's centre for mountain tourism and hospitality studies, from April 28 to 30.On day one, drawing attention to Uttarakhand's rich biodiversity, speakers at the seminar stressed the need for linking tourism to biodiversity to make it sustainable. "There are over 380 prime cultivars (wild species of plants) in the state, 520 species of butterflies, beautiful mountain peaks, fascinating forests at high altitudes and alpine meadows called bugyals which make the Himalayan region a vast storehouse of beauty. Foreigners and Indian tourists should be shown these sights instead of being taken to Mussoorie, Nainital or other places," said professor Ajay Rawat , a noted forest historian.

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