The ministry of external affairs may soon extend visa-on-arrival to 16 more countries including France, Germany, South Korea, Belgium, Sweden, Vietnam, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands. This facility, introduced in January 2010, is at present available to tourists who arrive from Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore.
The Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata airports can issue this visa.
Of the 3 million or so foreign tourists who visit India every year, about four per cent can opt for a visa on arrival. This number is expected to go up to nine per cent, about 22,500 a month, with maximum visas issued to France and Germany. It is not known if the facility will be extended to USA and UK, which remain the biggest source of tourists to India. While 16.5 per cent of tourists to India come from US, 15 per cent come from UK.
Despite about 12,500 passengers every month being eligible for visa on arrival currently, the Delhi and Mumbai airports, which together account for 45 per cent of the total air traffic in the country, receive only around 650 passengers a month who opt for this facility.
An executive of Delhi International Airport said the airport has been sounded out to this effect by the ministry. “However, we do not expect the passenger traffic to go up in the short term as awareness of such a change in rules takes time, and people need to grow confident of being granted a visa after landing,” said he. “Passengers aren’t willing to take that risk initially.”
The important question is if the airports have the infrastructure to handle the additional tourist arrivals that the extension of the facility may cause. “We had a meeting last week to discuss the issue. The present facility is expandable and we can make the necessary arrangements quickly once we get the official directive,” an executive of Mumbai International Airport said. “The official communication is expected in about two months.”
Indian nationals are granted visa on arrival in 29 countries. These include countries such as Burundi, Tanzania, Bolivia and Sri Lanka.
Minister of State for Tourism Kumari Selja had said earlier that visa on arrival will provide a boost to the tourism sector. However, tour operators are cautiously optimistic of the possibility. “Just allowing visa on arrival won’t help the sector. The government also needs to promote India as a destination in these countries. The current visa on arrival is a single-entry visa with a validity of 30 days, and a tourist can come to India only twice a year on this visa,” said Karan Anand, the head of relationships and supplier management, Cox and Kings India.
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April 13, 2010
BOOST FOR TOURISM
Island-hopping: Seaplane service to Andamans by Oct
Saurabh Sinha | TNN
New Delhi: Come October and Indians won’t need to go abroad to fly a seaplane — the ones that take off and land on water. Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) along with the Andaman and Nicobar administration is getting the country’s first seaplane for island hopping in the archipelago by tourists. The two government bodies last week agreed to equally share the cost of this programme that will, to begin with, be launched as a pilot project for six months in October and then extended depending on the response. “We are going to issue a global tender to take a helicopter on wet lease (hired from a company that looks after its maintenance and provides the crew). Seaplanes are available in the range of eight to 18 seaters,” PHHL chief R K Tyagi said.
Operating the seaplane will cost about Rs 1 crore a month, including lease rental and operational expenses, that will be equally shared by the two government agencies. The Andaman administration has chosen some of the most beautiful islands for being linked by the seaplane with capital Port Blair. These include Havelock (rated among the best beaches globally), Barren Island (an active volcano that most recently came to life five years ago), Neil and Diglipur. The local administration will provide the infrastructure like maintenance units and passenger jetties in different islands where the plane will fly. The aviation ministry has long been pushing for introduction of seaplanes in India. It feels that seaplanes have a huge potential in India that has a coastline of over 8,000 km and dotted by several beautiful islands. In fact, PHHL was asked to get the first seaplane on its own but given the expenses involved, the PSU was looking at getting partners.
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Saurabh Sinha | TNN
New Delhi: Come October and Indians won’t need to go abroad to fly a seaplane — the ones that take off and land on water. Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) along with the Andaman and Nicobar administration is getting the country’s first seaplane for island hopping in the archipelago by tourists. The two government bodies last week agreed to equally share the cost of this programme that will, to begin with, be launched as a pilot project for six months in October and then extended depending on the response. “We are going to issue a global tender to take a helicopter on wet lease (hired from a company that looks after its maintenance and provides the crew). Seaplanes are available in the range of eight to 18 seaters,” PHHL chief R K Tyagi said.
Operating the seaplane will cost about Rs 1 crore a month, including lease rental and operational expenses, that will be equally shared by the two government agencies. The Andaman administration has chosen some of the most beautiful islands for being linked by the seaplane with capital Port Blair. These include Havelock (rated among the best beaches globally), Barren Island (an active volcano that most recently came to life five years ago), Neil and Diglipur. The local administration will provide the infrastructure like maintenance units and passenger jetties in different islands where the plane will fly. The aviation ministry has long been pushing for introduction of seaplanes in India. It feels that seaplanes have a huge potential in India that has a coastline of over 8,000 km and dotted by several beautiful islands. In fact, PHHL was asked to get the first seaplane on its own but given the expenses involved, the PSU was looking at getting partners.
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Cute’ mate for Delhi zoo’s female gibbon
New Delhi: After a long wait, a 20-something female hoolock gibbon in Delhi zoo has finally got a mate in five-year-old ‘Cute’, which arrived here from Itanagar a fortnight ago. Rescued from Lower Dibang Valley district in the Northeast region two years back, Cute will help authorities undertake the species’ breeding conservation programme. ‘‘Delhi’s lone female hoolock gibbon was without a mate and Cute’s arrival is the outcome of intensive efforts by authorities,’’ says Delhi zoo director Anand Krishna. PTI
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April 12, 2010
Now kite festival to promote Kerala tourism
Known for its backwaters, coconut palms and lush greenery, Kerala is now set to woo more tourists by hosting a three-day international kite festival starting May 1 at Kappad beach in Kozhikode district.
“Top kite-flyers from 10 countries, including India, will display their talents in flying kites at the Kappad beach for three days,” state Tourism Secretary V. Venu told reporters here Monday.
Venu said Gujarat was the only state in the country to host such a kite festival so far.
Those participating in the fest would include people from Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the UAE, France and Britain apart from India.
“There would be two participants from each country besides 10 teams from various parts of the country which would have five members each and the total number of participants would be 70,” said Abdullah Malieakal, who heads Annals Sports and Leisure Management, an event management company.
Kappad beach finds mention in history books as Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama landed here in 1498.
“This beach has a history and we wish to promote that. We decided to organise this unique kite festival because the winds here on the sea shore are extremely favourable for flying kites,” said legislator P.Viswan.
Besides kite flying, there would be a seafood festival and a cultural fest in the night that will showcase the local art and culture, he said.
There would also be a classroom session for all those interested in learning how to make and fly kites, he added.
“A kite that would be flown there would cost anything from Rs.25,000 upwards. The materials for making kites would be supplied free of cost. Kites that are going to be flown would be of various sizes and shapes and they would be as big as a two-storey building,” said Malieakel.
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“Top kite-flyers from 10 countries, including India, will display their talents in flying kites at the Kappad beach for three days,” state Tourism Secretary V. Venu told reporters here Monday.
Venu said Gujarat was the only state in the country to host such a kite festival so far.
Those participating in the fest would include people from Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the UAE, France and Britain apart from India.
“There would be two participants from each country besides 10 teams from various parts of the country which would have five members each and the total number of participants would be 70,” said Abdullah Malieakal, who heads Annals Sports and Leisure Management, an event management company.
Kappad beach finds mention in history books as Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama landed here in 1498.
“This beach has a history and we wish to promote that. We decided to organise this unique kite festival because the winds here on the sea shore are extremely favourable for flying kites,” said legislator P.Viswan.
Besides kite flying, there would be a seafood festival and a cultural fest in the night that will showcase the local art and culture, he said.
There would also be a classroom session for all those interested in learning how to make and fly kites, he added.
“A kite that would be flown there would cost anything from Rs.25,000 upwards. The materials for making kites would be supplied free of cost. Kites that are going to be flown would be of various sizes and shapes and they would be as big as a two-storey building,” said Malieakel.
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Houseboat booking facility counter opens at Srinagar International Airport
By TBM Staff | Mumbai
According to a PTI report, the houseboat booking facility recently launched at Srinagar International Airport is expected to give a boost to Jammu and Kashmir’s houseboat industry. The booking facility counter, owned by Houseboat Owners Association- (an umbrella organisation of about 1000 registered houseboats at Dal and Nigeen Lakes), carved in a style replicating a houseboat, is located at the arrival lounge next to the aerobridge escalator from where incoming passengers make their entry into the aerodrome.
Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo, President, Houseboat Owners Association said, “The opening of the booking facility has brought a ray of hope for us because we have got the right place to market our services and boost tourism in Kashmir.”
http://www.tripwala.com/travel-news/site?url=http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/houseboat-booking-facility-counter-opens-at-srinagar-international-airport-10056
According to a PTI report, the houseboat booking facility recently launched at Srinagar International Airport is expected to give a boost to Jammu and Kashmir’s houseboat industry. The booking facility counter, owned by Houseboat Owners Association- (an umbrella organisation of about 1000 registered houseboats at Dal and Nigeen Lakes), carved in a style replicating a houseboat, is located at the arrival lounge next to the aerobridge escalator from where incoming passengers make their entry into the aerodrome.
Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo, President, Houseboat Owners Association said, “The opening of the booking facility has brought a ray of hope for us because we have got the right place to market our services and boost tourism in Kashmir.”
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Going on a pilgrimage
In mystic traditions, particularly in India, life is regarded as a journey. A pilgrimage is merely an external projection of an inward journey. Before you can determine who is a pilgrim, you need to be clear about some aspects of pilgrimage.
A place of pilgrimage is one where a manifestation of divinity appeared for a particular purpose, where a sage performed austerities or meditated for a long period, or where someone got direct experience of God. One or more specific areas within the holy place get marked as a sanctum sanctorum, due to a still palpable divine power, like a vortex of energy. I have personally experienced this vortex in many places, particularly while taking a dip in the Ganga with my Guru at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.
A pilgrimage is undertaken with many spiritual goals in mind. It may be an act of acknowledging to oneself one’s failures and misdeeds. You may aspire for freedom from this burden of misdeeds through prayaschitta, an act of atonement and purification. It could be in the form of renouncing a habit, addiction or worldly pleasure after the pilgrimage is complete.
It is not a myth that if a pilgrim is one who fulfils all the requirements, he may be granted the rare darshan of a sage who left the body thousands of years ago, but still dwells there as a light being.
You will feel the energy to the degree your mind is attuned. If you blanket your mind with the elements of the unsettled, the non-sacred, the mundane, and carry your anger and impatience with you, the energy plays hide and seek, and you return without being recharged.
While a pilgrimage is not the highest endeavour, it is far more conducive to self-enquiry and enrichment than a holiday. Rather than attending a lecture on silence, it is better to practise silence. Go on an internal journey rather than an external one.
If done earnestly the right way, it cleanses the mind, unburdens the heart, and you become confident in your capacity to explore your inner world. You then renounce pleasures you are addicted to and come to realise that you have the spiritual strength to live without them.
Begin a pilgrimage with an inner resolve or sankalpa, abandoning comforts, renouncing pleasures, remaining silent and still, practising celibacy, practising restraint in matters of food, accepting whatever the stations in the journey have to offer, controlling speech and all the senses and withdrawing from desires and from memories thereof.
Many spiritual seekers share Kabir’s view: “If taking a dip in a river would grant me liberation then the fish would have been liberated long ago.” Hence the internal journey is far more important than the external one.
A holy place is called tirtha, a point of crossing over. Let a pilgrimage be a point of crossing over, a transition to a higher level of thought, action and existence. Go with the resolve: “After the pilgrimage, I shall be a higher self, purer, brighter, more stilled, more akin to my own interior divinity.”
After the pilgrimage, be not what you were before. Let your life become a journey to your internal sanctum sanctorum. Until that final realisation happens, you will continue to remain a pilgrim. Thereafter, you become a guide to other pilgrims who might follow you, seeking to grasp the vessel of God’s elixir of immortality, the Aquarian fullness, the essence of enlightenment.
(Talk: Swami Veda Bharati)
A place of pilgrimage is one where a manifestation of divinity appeared for a particular purpose, where a sage performed austerities or meditated for a long period, or where someone got direct experience of God. One or more specific areas within the holy place get marked as a sanctum sanctorum, due to a still palpable divine power, like a vortex of energy. I have personally experienced this vortex in many places, particularly while taking a dip in the Ganga with my Guru at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.
A pilgrimage is undertaken with many spiritual goals in mind. It may be an act of acknowledging to oneself one’s failures and misdeeds. You may aspire for freedom from this burden of misdeeds through prayaschitta, an act of atonement and purification. It could be in the form of renouncing a habit, addiction or worldly pleasure after the pilgrimage is complete.
It is not a myth that if a pilgrim is one who fulfils all the requirements, he may be granted the rare darshan of a sage who left the body thousands of years ago, but still dwells there as a light being.
You will feel the energy to the degree your mind is attuned. If you blanket your mind with the elements of the unsettled, the non-sacred, the mundane, and carry your anger and impatience with you, the energy plays hide and seek, and you return without being recharged.
While a pilgrimage is not the highest endeavour, it is far more conducive to self-enquiry and enrichment than a holiday. Rather than attending a lecture on silence, it is better to practise silence. Go on an internal journey rather than an external one.
If done earnestly the right way, it cleanses the mind, unburdens the heart, and you become confident in your capacity to explore your inner world. You then renounce pleasures you are addicted to and come to realise that you have the spiritual strength to live without them.
Begin a pilgrimage with an inner resolve or sankalpa, abandoning comforts, renouncing pleasures, remaining silent and still, practising celibacy, practising restraint in matters of food, accepting whatever the stations in the journey have to offer, controlling speech and all the senses and withdrawing from desires and from memories thereof.
Many spiritual seekers share Kabir’s view: “If taking a dip in a river would grant me liberation then the fish would have been liberated long ago.” Hence the internal journey is far more important than the external one.
A holy place is called tirtha, a point of crossing over. Let a pilgrimage be a point of crossing over, a transition to a higher level of thought, action and existence. Go with the resolve: “After the pilgrimage, I shall be a higher self, purer, brighter, more stilled, more akin to my own interior divinity.”
After the pilgrimage, be not what you were before. Let your life become a journey to your internal sanctum sanctorum. Until that final realisation happens, you will continue to remain a pilgrim. Thereafter, you become a guide to other pilgrims who might follow you, seeking to grasp the vessel of God’s elixir of immortality, the Aquarian fullness, the essence of enlightenment.
(Talk: Swami Veda Bharati)
HELP IN KHAKI
At Kumbh, it’s service with a smile for cops
The Mahakumbh is drawing lakhs to Haridwar. And the police is doing a great job in maintaining order. Are CWG officials listening?
Nandita Sengupta | TNN
Haridwar: At the ongoing Mahakumbh 2010, the 16,000-strong police force has demonstrated policing can be done with care, courtesy, Gandhian grace and to great effect.
Obviously, a sense of the occasion — the presence of devotees everywhere — has much to do with this remarkable makeover in police behaviour. But, that alone doesn’t explain it all. These are tough men who have been trained hard to be gentle. It’s the kind of training that doesn’t give way under pressure of a 14-hour day and milling crowds that run into lakhs.
At the Mahakumbh, the Uttarakhand force, whose average age is 27, policemen address everyone as uncle/aunty, baba, and ma. And there are not the usual prefixes or suffixes to these terms of endearments. The language doesn’t change in the face of recalcitrance either. There are lessons here for policing during the Commonwealth Games. In fact, it may not be a bad idea at all to hire some of this smart police force trained here, whose temperamental stability and linguistic restraint would act as a lesson and positive influence on the hardened city cops. If nothing else, the trainer of the Kumbh force could be asked to train the police for the games.
The restraint on display in Haridwar is the outcome of thorough behavioural training that started last May. The total strength of 16,000 security personnel is dominated by Uttarakhand police, mostly smart young men and women. But the force also has personnel from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, mounted police from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. There are also men from the paramilitary of CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, RAF and Rajasthan Home Guards too.
These policemen came from different work cultures and situations. The CRPF companies, for instance, came in straight from fighting Naxals, says DIG Alok Sharma, the man behind Mahakumbh’s security set-up. ‘‘We told them there are no adversaries here; its not an anti-insurgency area. It’s just a big crowd of pilgrims from all over India, and our business is to handle them with care,’’ says Sharma.
The security at the Kumbh is budgeted at Rs 50 crore, and 80% of it goes into the personnels’ allowances. ‘‘There are forces from other states, so we pay their DA,’’ says Sharma. ‘‘The remaining 20% goes into barricading, building tent colonies, publicity material, feeding horses and dogs and various other small expenditures.’’
‘‘However, the emphasis is on training. I coached six trainers. I designed the syllabus. The course focused on behaviour, good manners and thorough knowledge of Haridwar’s culture, layout and related issues,’’ says a justly proud Sharma. The DIG’s dictum was: ‘‘A pilgrim might be the 50,000th guy for you, but for him, you are the first policeman he’s approached. So respect that.’’
Confidence is a hallmark of the force. ‘‘I’m from a small thana. I didn’t know I could do it. I’ve never seen so many people at one place,’’ says constable Mamta Rana. ‘‘I thought they won’t listen to me if I’m nice. But we were told, hath jorke, duty point pe rehna, chahe rickshaw-walla, chahe MP.
(With folded hands, hold your ground, be it a rickshaw-puller or an MP.)’’ And to her delight and lifelong learning, time after time, the pilgrims are yielding. The Kumbh season demands four months of policing, a long haul by any count. What keeps the 16,000 going are two other factors. De-stress activities and frequent debriefing sessions.
After every few days, and after every main snan (bathing ritual), all officers meet for detailed debriefing. Sharing feedback and being simply heard out goes a long way in not only plugging lacunae, but also venting pent-up emotions among the forces.
The personnel have access to several sports and cultural activities, ranging from volleyball tournaments to kiteflying competitions, from discussions to community dinners.
A majority of pilgrims need directions, so it was ensured that every policeman knows what is where, from major ashrams to chowks, from dharamshalas to temples, akharas and street names.
The Kumbh area, a 132-sq km demarcated region, has been zoned into 10 mega areas and 32 sectors, each with a thana. The crowds are impressive: on a lean day, 10 lakhs, on shahi snan days, between 55 and 70 lakh. The milling crowds are soft targets, which is why its all the more important to ensure constant vigil, movement of traffic, and cleanliness as part of security drill.
Clearly, be it the forging of a morally superior police force or the planning and allocation of resources for the management of what is one of the biggest shows on earth, the Commonwealth Games could do with the Uttarakhand experience. We have tried force and failed. Maybe, it’s time to give courtesy a chance?
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The Mahakumbh is drawing lakhs to Haridwar. And the police is doing a great job in maintaining order. Are CWG officials listening?
Nandita Sengupta | TNN
Haridwar: At the ongoing Mahakumbh 2010, the 16,000-strong police force has demonstrated policing can be done with care, courtesy, Gandhian grace and to great effect.
Obviously, a sense of the occasion — the presence of devotees everywhere — has much to do with this remarkable makeover in police behaviour. But, that alone doesn’t explain it all. These are tough men who have been trained hard to be gentle. It’s the kind of training that doesn’t give way under pressure of a 14-hour day and milling crowds that run into lakhs.
At the Mahakumbh, the Uttarakhand force, whose average age is 27, policemen address everyone as uncle/aunty, baba, and ma. And there are not the usual prefixes or suffixes to these terms of endearments. The language doesn’t change in the face of recalcitrance either. There are lessons here for policing during the Commonwealth Games. In fact, it may not be a bad idea at all to hire some of this smart police force trained here, whose temperamental stability and linguistic restraint would act as a lesson and positive influence on the hardened city cops. If nothing else, the trainer of the Kumbh force could be asked to train the police for the games.
The restraint on display in Haridwar is the outcome of thorough behavioural training that started last May. The total strength of 16,000 security personnel is dominated by Uttarakhand police, mostly smart young men and women. But the force also has personnel from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, mounted police from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. There are also men from the paramilitary of CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, RAF and Rajasthan Home Guards too.
These policemen came from different work cultures and situations. The CRPF companies, for instance, came in straight from fighting Naxals, says DIG Alok Sharma, the man behind Mahakumbh’s security set-up. ‘‘We told them there are no adversaries here; its not an anti-insurgency area. It’s just a big crowd of pilgrims from all over India, and our business is to handle them with care,’’ says Sharma.
The security at the Kumbh is budgeted at Rs 50 crore, and 80% of it goes into the personnels’ allowances. ‘‘There are forces from other states, so we pay their DA,’’ says Sharma. ‘‘The remaining 20% goes into barricading, building tent colonies, publicity material, feeding horses and dogs and various other small expenditures.’’
‘‘However, the emphasis is on training. I coached six trainers. I designed the syllabus. The course focused on behaviour, good manners and thorough knowledge of Haridwar’s culture, layout and related issues,’’ says a justly proud Sharma. The DIG’s dictum was: ‘‘A pilgrim might be the 50,000th guy for you, but for him, you are the first policeman he’s approached. So respect that.’’
Confidence is a hallmark of the force. ‘‘I’m from a small thana. I didn’t know I could do it. I’ve never seen so many people at one place,’’ says constable Mamta Rana. ‘‘I thought they won’t listen to me if I’m nice. But we were told, hath jorke, duty point pe rehna, chahe rickshaw-walla, chahe MP.
(With folded hands, hold your ground, be it a rickshaw-puller or an MP.)’’ And to her delight and lifelong learning, time after time, the pilgrims are yielding. The Kumbh season demands four months of policing, a long haul by any count. What keeps the 16,000 going are two other factors. De-stress activities and frequent debriefing sessions.
After every few days, and after every main snan (bathing ritual), all officers meet for detailed debriefing. Sharing feedback and being simply heard out goes a long way in not only plugging lacunae, but also venting pent-up emotions among the forces.
The personnel have access to several sports and cultural activities, ranging from volleyball tournaments to kiteflying competitions, from discussions to community dinners.
A majority of pilgrims need directions, so it was ensured that every policeman knows what is where, from major ashrams to chowks, from dharamshalas to temples, akharas and street names.
The Kumbh area, a 132-sq km demarcated region, has been zoned into 10 mega areas and 32 sectors, each with a thana. The crowds are impressive: on a lean day, 10 lakhs, on shahi snan days, between 55 and 70 lakh. The milling crowds are soft targets, which is why its all the more important to ensure constant vigil, movement of traffic, and cleanliness as part of security drill.
Clearly, be it the forging of a morally superior police force or the planning and allocation of resources for the management of what is one of the biggest shows on earth, the Commonwealth Games could do with the Uttarakhand experience. We have tried force and failed. Maybe, it’s time to give courtesy a chance?
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