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| BUDGET 2010-11 |
Union Budget 2010-11
The travel and tourism industry was once again given a miss in the Union Budget 2010-11 which was presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. While the tourism outlay has been increased to Rs 1050 crore for 2010-11 as against last years Rs 950 crore, key demands of the travel industry like export status for the industry, exemption of Service Tax on Inbound Tour operators; inclusion of ATF in 'Declared Goods' list for uniform taxation; abolition of Fuel Surcharge to make air travel affordable within the country, rationalisation of state transport taxes and the recommendation for the formation of a National Commission for Tourism under the leadership of the Prime Minister were neglected.
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| GUEST COLUMN |
 Ecotourism in the true sense By Anirudh Chaoji, Director of Pugmarks
A few years ago, I travelled to the Periyar to explore one of Kerala’s and probably India’s finest National Parks/Tiger Reserves. I had heard of the famous Periyar Tiger Trail, an unique community oriented and park centered Ecotourism project. The beauty of this experiment was that the people who had earlier made a living by illegal means inside the forest were now its protectors. As these new ‘avatar’ messiahs took tourists deep inside the forest on walking trails,
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