Projects
The Division has worked so far on the following projects sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, GoI and Department of Tourism of the State Government:
Rural Tourism Project: The
Division has prepared integrated development plans for
potential heritage villages to promote rural tourism by
restored village houses, like, Paragpur in Himachal Pradesh
and promotion of arts and crafts of villages, like,
Raghurajpur in Orissa, which has been promoted as a heritage
village and was bestowed with the National Award by the
Government of India during the year 2005-2006.
(a) Heritage Tourism Management Plan
Project: The Division has prepared tourism plans with
the following objectives of sustainable development of
cultural sites of two villages (Malhar and Sirpur) of
Chhattisgarh:
- Conservation of cultural and natural resources,
- Authentic interpretation of these resources,
- Visitors’ experience and the stimulation of the
earned revenues of cultural resources.
The Division proposed in the Sirpur report following
site potentials for developing the site as a heritage
tourism destination.
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Cultural Tourism
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Nature and Wildlife Tourism
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Recreational and Leisure Tourism
(b) Sustainable Tourism Development
Plans for two North-east States - Meghalaya and
Arunachal Pradesh - focus on opportunities (natural and
manmade) participation (community and tourists) and
sustainability (economic and environment) and take into
account traditional festivals, crafts, performing arts,
temples and other important old buildings, natural
precincts, and local knowledge which needs to be spread out
for the benefits of local community and others.
Tourism circuits are proposed by experts for development of
tourism in these two States enable the visitors to have a
useful experience. Cultural, Nature/Eco, Rural, Adventure,
Wildlife and Forest, Leisure and Wellness Tourism are
proposed in the product portfolio of both the plans.
Urban Renewal Mission Project – An idea behind the
project is to evolve a strategy for development of heritage
cities based on the concept of heritage. The INTACH Chapter
(Madhya Pradesh) has prepared the City Development Plan (CDP)
for Ujjain, which is based on heritage planning and a model
for other cities. This was evaluated by CEPT.
Capacity Building - Ministry of Tourism provide grant
to INTACH under the capacity building service providers
scheme to enhance the knowledge and skills of regional
guides for better interpretation of heritage sites to
visitors. The Division has organized so far thematic
lectures on the following subjects and developed training
modules for these training programmes held in different
cities of the country:
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Buddhism and Buddhist Art and
Architecture
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Vijayanagara Art, Architecture and
History
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World Heritage sites in Delhi (Qutub
Minar, Humayun’s Tomb and Red Fort)
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