Ecotourism Workshops to Set Agenda to make Nature Tourism Responsible in J&K

ESOI will hold its seventh & eighth workshops on “PRACTISING RESPONSIBLE TOURISM” in Srinagar on September 26 & 27, 2011 & in Leh on September 30 & October 1, 2011

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Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI) will hold its seventh & eighth workshops on “PRACTISING RESPONSIBLE TOURISM” as follows:  

Srinagar      : September 26 & 27, 2011

Leh              : September 30 & October 1, 2011 

The workshop is being organised by Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI) in partnership with J&K Tourism and WWF India, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Over 100 delegates from the tourism industry are expected to attend. The Srinagar workshop also commemorates the World Tourism Day on the 27th September with a strong signal of Responsible Tourism becoming the only vehicle to ride on for a sustainable Tourism industry. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mandip Singh Soin FRGS, President ESOI said “the workshops aim at setting corrective and curative measures with regard to TOURISM practices with ecological sensitivity and conservation of nature and community development in the region of Jammu and Kashmir. The challenge for the tourism service providers is in implementing environmentally responsible and sustainable tourism practices. These practices will not only create a lighter footprint but will support the local communities and environment”. 

Besides the Honourable Ministers of Tourism, J&K, Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora and Mr. Nasir Aslam Wani who shall preside over the event, Mr. Omar Abdullah, Honourable Chief Minister of J&K Govt. is expected to give the valedictory speech. This is after having conducted a Workshop in Jammu in April which was opened by Hon’ble Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

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