What to do in Corbett National Park : Ask Bankriti
20 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
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Visit Bankriti ….if you :
Want to purchase unique paintings on wild life and nature !
Would like to Chill out in a coffee bar/hookah bar !
Talk about nature love !
Are fond of Pasta and Muffins !
If you are a traveler and not just a tourist !
Bankriti Art Gallery and Cafe
….a meeting point for lovers of art and nature !
Best place to visit in corbett : Bankriti art Gallery and cafe !
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Best place to visit in corbett : Bankriti art Gallery and cafe !
We are not saying this !
Almost everyone who visits Bankriti says that !
Bankriti offers :
Wild Life paintings
Prints as souvenirs
Cappuccino
Muffins
Cakes
Pasta
Hookah
Main Corbett Road….Dhikuli
Check it out !!!
Bankriti is a meeting point for lovers of art and nature !
Information : Correct and meaningful information : Corbett National Park
17 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
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Inside Dhangarhi Gate
Correct and meanigful Information is the key to promoting Eco Tourism !
But who is providing this….in Corbett National Park ?
Government/Park authorities ?
NO….There are a few brochures in the CTR office but the entire focus of tourists , guides, safari operators is on PERMITS….so the information gets lost somewhere !
The Dhangarhi museum is an attempt….but pretty dull….drab and archaic…
Resorts /Hotels ?
All the hotels , resorts etc. etc. have a naturalist/safari desk….but then why do tourists not seem to be adequately enthused/informed !
Naturalists/wild lifers/safari operators ?
There is a semblance of information dissemination here as well….but the REAL THING gets lost in the hype about alarm calls , pug marks and sightings !
So ???
In order to convert the tourists into travelers …… and make them enthused about eco tourism and Nature love….. who has to put up their hand (S) ?
Maybe we shall do this in our own modest way !
Bhaskar-Bankriti are soon going to start an ECO TOURISM MEETING POINT in Corbett region !
Please send us your suggestions and good wishes !
Corbett Alarm Call No. 2 : Lack of sensitivity towards Nature Travel
11 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
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What is this lack of sensitivity towards Nature Travel ?
Take a few examples :
No ‘official’ information disseminitation mechanism
Lacklustre ‘delivery’ at the Dhangarhi Gate Museum
No ‘easy to read’ literature with resorts / government/ travel trade…..only historical rhetoric
Naturalists and wild life travel experts are suffering from ’safari syndrome’!
As said earlier, USP , unwittingly is TIGER SIGHTING….and no one in the tourism administration/trade willing to change it !
What a gross injustice to the finest Nature Reserves in India ….world ???
Corbett Alarm Call Number one ! RecklessDriving on Dhikuli road !!!
20 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
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Corbett Alarm Call Number one
It is alarming to note the number of vehicles speeding past….honking their horns….on the main road right outside the National Park ( near Dhikuli )
It is true that it is a National Highway !
What can be done !!!! ( Common lament of all and sundry )
Well….
At least a few things can be thought of :
Speed regulation on the ten Km. stretch from Ramnagar to Dhangarhi gate ( Putting up road speed sign boards is not going to do anything ….unless the traffic regulation is in place )
Enforcement of NO HORN during certain hours
Walkway on the road / next to the road/ alongside the road… for tourists !!! Tourists are fed up of being cooped up in the resorts !
An information counter for wild life and eco travel on the main Dhikuli Road…..this would be a great boon for ‘lost’ tourists and would also encourage tourists to venture out and ‘in a way’ this would ‘enforce’ safe driving !!!
More suggestions are welcome….
mail :
bhaskarbenjamin@gmail.com
Corbett National Park is having a USP that needs to be changed
18 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
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The USP of the Corbett National park
is not right !
The USP , somehow , is TIGER SIGHTING
This is , probably , the root cause of many problems !
Fact is :
Due to the particular topography & contours of the park , tiger sighting……and even wild life sighting in general….is not as easy as in many other wild life parks/sanctuaries !
People do not know this…..and they are not educated on this crucial fact !
Another fact is :
Corbett is , probably the best nature reserve in India….at least….the jungle is amazing and a nature lovers’ paradise !!! This fact is not promoted…..this could be the apt USP of Corbett.
Maybe…..maybe…..by doing this simple thing…… RE-POSITIONING Corbett…..as marketing pundits would like to call it… many maladies of ‘undesirable impact’ of tourism may be corrected !
Who says that Corbett is only a fun and weekend destination ?
10 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
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Who says that Corbett is only a fun and weekend destination ?
Well almost everyone !!!
Are they wrong ?
YES and NO
As the scenario is…and this grim reality is growing….it is turning into a fun-and tiger sighting destination !
Commercial realities are given as the ‘obvious excuse’
BUT
The reality is ….thankfully…..slightly different !
Nature Lovers come to Corbett….but the TOURISM ENVIRONMENT , somehow….is not conducive in satisfying the needs of Nature Lovers ! ( Well as a generalisation )
Let Us Correct This !
Let Us change the USP of Corbett !!!
Conservation : or Love for Nature
10 Jul 2011 2 Comments
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Conservation : or Love for Nature
Conservation is possible only if you are a lover of nature !!!
This is the message of our video collection called
INSIDE DHANGARHI GATE
Video collection includes creatively produced videos in wmv format.
Issues taken up in this collection are:
Conservation
Eco Tourism
Responsible Tourism
Corbett Experiences
Corbett Safari in a different way
Jungle Mail….a letter from a tiger in Corbett
Tiger Human conflict and obsession with tiger sighting in Corbett National Park
…..much more
For details…E mail:
contact@pegomag.com
HUMAN TIGER CONFLICT….IS SOMEONE ASKING THE TIGER ?
12 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
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There has been a lot of talk on the subject of human-tiger conflict !
Not only that ….quite a lot of FUNDERS’ money thru academicians and NGOs has been spent on studies….many dollars/rupees are right now being spent !
Many learned findings have been presented !
The irony is :
What does the tiger think of all this !
And a passing thought :
While tourists come to Corbett National Park with a sole objective of tiger sighting….people who live in sensitive areas in/near the forest, DO NOT EVER, want any such sighting !!!
And….probably the tiger too…..does not wish to see humans…..unless he/she is a man-eater !
What ….in this case…..can be the best way to go…..for an eco tourist !!!! Or is ECO TOURISM a mere FAD ?
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