Tag: Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board

The Dekho Apna Desh webinar series titled ‘Uttarakhand Simply Heaven’ highlighted the potential of tourism in Uttarakhand’s two regions namely Kedar Khand (Garhwal Region) and Manu Khand (Kumaon Region) and touched upon popular destination like Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Hemkhund Sahib and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Valley of Flowers. The webinar session was presented by Pushpesh Pant, an eminent scholar, food historian and an expert in international relations, Ganesh Saili, a renowned author, noted photographer and an authority on the history of Uttarakhand and Shashank Pandey, a certified outbound trainer, MD of Aspen Adventures, Rishikesh. The session was ... Read more

International yoga festival, organised jointly by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam, has kick started in Rishikesh. “The practice of yoga has paved the way for happiness and peace for humans,” said Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after inaugurating the event. Referring to Rishikesh as the Yoga capital of the world, he said that Yoga had helped India gain a special identity in the international community. In addition to the spiritual benefits, Yoga has also given the message of good health to the world, he said. About 1,200 people had registered for the week-long International Yoga Festival being ... Read more

The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) has appointed an adventure sports officer in Rishikesh. The appointment has been made in order to take care of the interests of those in the white water rafting business, facilitate swift redressal of problems faced in the sector and ensure disciplined operation of the river rafting business. KS Negi, who has been appointed the adventure sports officer will shortly assume charge at the tourist information centre in Rishikesh. This will enable redressal at the local level of complaints of the local stakeholders and those involved in the rafting business. The State’s Tourism secretary Dilip ... Read more

International Yog Festival to be held at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand from 1-7 March  2019. IYF-2019 or the International Yog Festival 2019 is all set to be one of the largest yoga events ever organized and is a must see for all yoga enthusiasts. International Yog Festival 2019 will be held at Ganga Resort, Muni Ki Reti (Rishikesh), Uttarakhand. Organized jointly by the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN) and Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB), the event aims to create such a platform where all traditional and modern styles of yoga can come together and learn from each other. The event will feature a Symposium on Yoga, ... Read more

  Union tourism Minister K J Alphonse has unveiled the new Tourism Policy of Uttarakhand on 8th October 2018. He was participating in the ‘Destination Uttarakhand Investors Summit 2018. Yes Bank was the ‘Knowledge Partner’ of the new Uttarakhand Tourism Policy 2018. With the new policy, Tourism gets ‘Industry’ status and thereby creating investment opportunity for investors through favorable incentives, subsidies and provisions. The policy also lays down a road map for the Govt. of Uttarakhand’s flagship project ‘13 districts, 13 destinations’ scheme for systematic development of these destinations. The policy will enable investors to capitalize on the huge Tourism ... Read more

The Uttarakhand cabinet has recently gave nod to the new rafting and adventure sports regulations and in view of this the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board said it was confident that the ban would be lifted before September. “The high court had banned adventure sports in the state from June 22 due to the absence of a transparent regulation policy. “Since we have a policy in place, we are now in the position to resume the adventure sports activities. We are taking a legal opinion on whether we need to move the court for this. But, as per our understanding, the ... Read more

The Uttarakhand government has called for bloggers from allover the country to have a trip on ‘bloggers bus’ to four Cham Dham destinations. The bus which was flagged off from Rishikesh with eight passengers on Thursday, intends to promote the journey through blogs. The bloggers will also have the chance to cover the three-day Tehri Lake festival which commences on Friday. The first hop bus was flagged off from Rishikesh on May 16th. Seven bloggers who attended the journey travelled to Ganogtri and Yamunotri shrines on a trip which lasted four days. “There are several scenic locations in Uttarakhand. We need ... Read more

The much awaited 3-day water sports and cultural event, the Tehri Lake festival, is scheduled to be held from 25 to 27 May 2018. The lake festival, which is organized by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB), will have hosts of activities and events including water and aerial sports. Visitors can enjoy water sports such as boating, jet skiing, banana rides, water skiing, surfing, canoeing, river-rafting, paragliding, kayaking etc. Aerial sports such as paragliding, hot air balloon, para-jumping will also be part of the festival. Every year Uttarakhand Tourism organizes Tehri Lake Festival where one can find non-stop action blended ... Read more