{"id":2119,"date":"2015-05-12T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:59:59","slug":"indian-civil-society-groups-protest-national-tourism-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/05\/indian-civil-society-groups-protest-national-tourism-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian civil society groups protest national tourism policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some\u00a035 civil society groups from across <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"India\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333 (India)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation noopener\">India<\/a>, ranging from fish workers forums and forest rights movements, to\u00a0unions and groups conducting research on tourism have sent a joint statement to the ministry of tourism, condemning the way it is developing national tourism policy. According to Swathi Seshasri of EQUATIONS:\u00a0\u201cThere has also been no consultative process in the formation of the draft or the finalisation of the policy with just 10 days provided for comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>GRAB THE ESSENTIALS<\/h3>\n<p>1: The organisations are concerned that the new tourism policy will harm several communities\u00a0while centralising power and promoting\u00a0large, private interests.<\/p>\n<p>2: They are demanding &#8220;a consultative, democratic approach to the process of formulation of the policy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3: The 35 signatories include\u00a0the\u00a0All India Forum of Forest Movements,\u00a0the\u00a0Centre for Responsible Tourism,\u00a0Children\u2019s Rights in Goa,\u00a0Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation,\u00a0National Hawker Federation\u00a0and the\u00a0Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust.<\/p>\n<h3>DIG DEEPER<\/h3>\n<p>1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/article\/lifestyle\/travel-tourism\/35-civil-society-groups-demand-democratic-approach-for-formulation-of-tourism-policy-2\/71774\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read<\/a> the original article in The Financial Express<\/p>\n<p>2:\u00a0<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/tourism.gov.in\/WhatsNew\/NewsDetails.aspx?NID=50\">View<\/span> the Draft Tourism Policy online.<\/p>\n<h3>KEEP UP WITH THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 35 civil society groups from across India have sent a joint statement to the ministry of tourism, condemning the way it is developing national tourism policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,16,130,14],"tags":[256,215],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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