Sikkim Tourism unveils new eco-tourism policy; to develop ten villages as model villages

Sikkim Tourism with the help of the newly constituted Eco-Tourism Directorate of Sikkim has come out with a comprehensive policy to promote environment friendly tourism in the state. The new Eco-Tourism Policy of the State, which was released on January 26, 2012, envisages de-congesting the capital city, Gangtok, and improve dispersal of tourists to other parts of the state which are either virgin from a tourism perspective or not much explored by tourists so far. "The mandate of the new policy is to de-congest Gangtok. Sikkim has much more to offer than just Gangtok," an official of the Directorate said.