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PLANET IPE
OCTOBER 2019
TRAVEL & TOURISM SPECIAL EDITION
Location: Nubra Valley, Ladakh
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MD SPEAKS
Dear IPEans, and most important economic sectors in
the world, benefiting destinations and
“I have watched the cultures of all communities worldwide. This World
lands blow around my house and other Tourism Day celebrates Tourism’s role in
winds have blown the seeds of peace, Job creation with UNWTO’s overarching
for travel is the language of peace.” focus on skills, education and jobs.
- Mahatma Gandhi
As one of the big job creators in India
There is no shortage of handy quotes from and abroad, Tourism industry has shown
well-known political figures extolling uninterrupted growth and resilience.
the virtues of tourism as a conduit of India has already moved up six places to
peace, tolerance, and understanding in rank 34th on World Travel and Tourism
our global village. Since ages, travel has Competitive Index 2019 released recently
been one of the great forces for peace by the World Economic Forum (WEF),
and understanding. As people move Indian travel and tourism industry is
throughout the world and learn to know eyeing a bigger share of the world tourism
each other, to understand each other’s pie.
customs and to appreciate the qualities
of individuals of each nation, tourism We hope that the spirit of travel never
industry has come up as an integral part ends, along with the equitable growth of
of our economy. the nation.
Tourism has experienced continued Best wishes
expansion and diversification, and it Ashwajit Singh
has become one of the fastest growing
Location: Minicoy, Lakshadweep
© Gaurav Pandey
Location: Yamuna Ghat, Delhi © Tanmaey Malhotra
As Marcel Proust, a famous French Novelist said, “ the real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new
landscapes, but in having new eyes,” travel gives us the power to build perspectives and break perceptions. With such
a diverse topography starting from huge mountains, to long stretches of Savannahs, to unearthed water bodies, life can
be an unending journey. Tourism, as an integral sector, has not only given opportunities to aspiring travelers across
the world to explore, but has also been significantly contributing to the country’s GDP and employement sector.
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Why Travelling ‘Right’ matters? Location: Bharatpur, Rajasthan
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IPE News Desk
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“Travel and Tourism is an all-encompassing
activity. It touches the life of people across
the board. As a solo-traveler from last 3
years, if I have seen the most beautiful part
of the world, I have had the worst sights
too. My travel has taught me how our
decisions affect cultures during our travels
and how the need to look after our actions
should be raised an alarm to. Responsible
travel is just an umbrella term, lumping a
dozens of “green” buzzwords and ethical
issues. What we have to understand is that
#Tourism4SDGs and #Travel4Yourself can
go hand in hand if your will to co-create
nature and passion to travel right does.”
Radhika Sharma
A full-time solo traveler
*The opinions shared above are all-personal
and are not endorsed by IPE Global.
Koyel Biswas
An IT Aspirant and
a solo traveler
“Every year, with the advent of summer, people
flock towards cooler climates to escape the
heat, which, in a country like India, is provided
mostly by hills and mountains. They provide
cooler temperatures and stunning beauty
to recharge one’s mind and body. Everyone
wants to capture such moments and preserve
them digitally. The social media does a fine
job to remind people about such memories
periodically, allowing one to relive those
moments, and strive to visit more such places.
On the other side of such a beauty, is trash.
Incessant growth, with complete disregard
towards environmental impact on the part of
service providers, combined with vehement
apathy towards civic sense and trash disposal
responsibility on the part of the tourists, gives
rise to a scenario where the trash eventually
becomes so unmanageable that the sole reason
people visit such places becomes the opposite.
And once such a scenario is reached, the
whole ecosystem fails, ranging from natural to
economic calamity. But then, India is huge. A
new “virgin natural beauty” is discovered, and
people start flocking to the next best thing,
leaving behind their discarded beauty, and
responsibility.”
Location: Chandrataal - The Moon lake, Spity Valley, Himachal Pradesh
© Sindhu KV
WHY TRAVELLING ‘RIGHT’ MATTERS? Travelling places ‘right’ matters. Travelling places ‘left’ behind with plastic and trashes only litters :D The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page,” wisely pointed out St. Augustine. I wanted to start this article with this quote because traveling has become one of the most essential parts of our lives. Sometimes one travels to exotic places and some others keep it simple and local, but just the act of getting out of our homes and experiencing new places, new routes, new food, new people and even new languages is intrinsic to our nature. Nowadays, people are inspired to travel because they’re curious and fascinated by the world around them. Which is great! The world is a beautiful, exciting place. But travel can have negative impacts on that world we love so much. Which is why responsible travel matters. When you visit different places you can’t ignore what’s around. To procure the best out of the nature, the power is in keeping it sane. Whether you call it responsible, sustainable, or eco-friendly, it all basically means traveling in a way that minimizes impact and gives back to the places we visit. Promoting this type of tourism is critical if we want to continue enjoying the natural beauty, the culture, and the interactions that make travel so special. Traveling helps us to understand things that are outside of our control and puts in perspective what we used to consider the absolute truth. How insignificant our town looks when we see it from 30, 000 feet from the air? How can we think that whatever the rules are in that minuscule place are the same for all the world? Technology is supposed to help broaden our minds, but in the end, a person can use every tool available to communicate only with the people they know. Their little worlds are brought to the virtual life but they remain little, they remain ignorant. When we fall in love with a new place, we have the locals to thank. They are the ones who cherish those places as home. They work there, live there, love there, and infuse those places with the culture, color, and personality that ultimately draws in the tourists. MORALE: The only thing you should be leaving behind after your travel is your foot prints, not your food prints. - Mukta Rani Chauhan, Corporate Communication
Location: Ghost Town, Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu © Imran Basha
Location: Mount Harmukh & Gangbal Lake, Himalayan range, Kashmir © Mohammad Mohsin Ganai
“Travel and tourism sector is an integral part of India’s economy contributing a tenth of India’s GDP in 2018 and accounting for more than 42 million jobs in the country. If one in every nine people are employed in this sector today, in the coming years one in every four jobs will be created in this sector, which is absolutely staggering. With this year’s WTD theme “Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All”, it could not have been more fitting as job creation is something on top of the governments’ agenda in every country. And not only does it create employment but also stimulates new investments in different sectors and creates revenues. It is important for the industry as well as government to ensure that tourism must not be outcome-based but look at long term sustainability thus leading to equitable growth opportunities for all.” - Anil Kumar Bansal Director- Urban and Tourism Infrastructure
“India is a treasure trove of cultural resources,
strewn across its length and breadth. In year
2014-2015, Government of India with Ministry
of Tourism launched the Swadesh Darshan
Scheme to integrate and develop theme-based
tourist circuits in the country. The idea behind
it was to support local communities, generate
employment, integration of local social fabric
without jeopardizing the environment and
provide a unique experience to the tourists.
Amidst all the development initiatives, it is
prudent to adhere to environmental guidelines
as well. Often pristine locations in the country
have borne the brunt of unforeseen mass
tourism activities (e.g. Leh-Ladakh the issues
of waste management, water crises and impact
on local ecosystem started surfacing). As such,
it is crucial to have mechanisms in place to
sustainably manage critical services such as
water, waste disposal, power generation etc. (an
example of a sustained and well managed eco-
tourism destination is Matheran, Maharashtra).
Engaging local communities and enterprises
in decision making and development processes
would not only lead to a more informed tourism
development, it would also inculcate a sense of
ownership and result in effective operations
and monitoring and lead to sustainable and
economically feasible tourism development
models.”
- Vrienda Raizada
Urban and Tourism Infrastructure (UIT)
Location: Jal Mahal Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
© Vrienda RaizadaAN ENTHRALLING SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL AND TOURISM PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2019 Location: Leh, Ladakh © Gurmeet Singh Kochhar
IPE GLOBAL IN MEDIA
Ashwajit Singh covered in The Live
Mint on “What does Modi’s ‘Global Dr. Dinesh Agarwal, Senior Technical
Goalkeeper’ award mean for India?” Advisor’s story on the healthcare
where he highlights on the Swachh Bharat sector gets featured in Live Mint
Mission and urges on the need to build wherein he talked about the importance
this move through concerted efforts via of the Social Stock Exchange and how
social messaging, education, subsidies, it has been perceived as a tool to offer
motivation of volunteers, involvement of a practical shape to an entrepreneur’s
communities and tackling cultural and vision for a better society.
mind-set issues.
Anil Kumar Bansal, Director- Urban
Infrastructure & Tourism, IPE Global
invited as the keynote speaker at the
‘Urban Transformation Summit -
Uttarakhand’ hosted by Dehradun
Smart City Limited & ETGovernment
at Mussoorie.
Meghalaya’s Employment Drive
Tumakuru Smart City Project
found a coverage in Shillong
gets covered in Deccan Herald
Times and Meghalaya Times
and Praja Pragathi featuring the
featuring the employment drive
development of the Peripheral Ring
organised by IPE Global in
Road (PRR) Project work progress.
collaboration with Meghalaya
State Skills Development Society.
Closed the Gap mentioned
in Orissa Post on “Expo
captures mal-nourishment
scene among children in
Angul”, a photo-essay expo
organised by IPE Global.Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth (ICRG)
program jointly hosted the ‘Building Climate Resilience
of Central Indian Dry lands’ workshop with Chattisgarh
State Centre for Climate Change, Department of Panchayat
and Rural Development, State Planning Commission,
Chattisgarh State Government.
Poshan Abhiyaan gets exclusive Ashwajit Singh covered in IANS on
featured in The Financial Express World Tourism Day “New Indian
by Raghwesh Ranjan, Director – traveler drives change in tourism
Social and Economic Empowerment industry” wherein he talks about
wherein he talked about the ongoing different kind of Indian travelers and
initiative by IPE Global in four how they spend their average income
blocks of Udaipur in Rajasthan, on travel and tourism.
using Participatory Learning and
Action (PLA) approach to strengthen
community mobilisation for Jan
Andolan.
Yojana magazine covered a write-
up on Gandhi ji’s legacy “Holistic
Development of the Personality” Blog by Sunita Narain in Down to
authored by Shalender Sharma, Earth mentions IPE Global wherein
Director, Education and Skills she talks about Swachh Bharat
Development. Mission and mentioned IPE Global’s
contribution under The Ministry of
Jal Shakti in conducting a nationwide
survey to be used for future financing
by the World Bank.
Economic Times mentions IPE
Global in “Global consultants
to audit over 125 centrally-
sponsored schemes” as an
evaluator of the schemes meant
for women and children and
the rural development sector.Niti Aayog releases IPE Global’s FSTP Plant of Lalsot was
School Education Quality presented and appreciated by the
Index (SEQI) report and Rajasthan Chief Minister, Secretary and
acknowledges Education other senior officials in an exhibition
and Skills Development organised by the Government of
team of IPE Global. Rajasthan, showcasing some of
innovative sanitation projects of
Rajasthan state on the occasion of
Daily Pioneer covered “MoU Gandhi ji’s 150th Birthday.
for ‘Jigyasa project’ signed”;
project implemented by Vodafone
Foundation in partnership with
IPE Global Centre of Knowledge
Development (IPECKD).
Congratulations to Ashish and the team on winning
the IFAD award for Evaluation of the CARD and
UNICEF Cash Transfer Pilot Project for Pregnant
Women and Children in Cambodia.“ All trees are nourishing
together, while the one
trying to get ahead of all,
“
ends up all dried.
Location: Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
© Aryan BansalHOW DOES OUR WORK LOOK LIKE!
Check-dam of ICRG
Project, Odisha at
Dudhiasole village,
Mayurbhanj District
Livelihood convergence
with ITDA in ICRG CRW
at Vagabil village, Odisha
Food stall by CBT Team
and Pine needle products
displayed in Apple Festival
by IDIPT, Shimla TeamMega Job drive by
Meghalaya Youth
Network
Onam Celebration
at IPE’s
Thrivamthampuram
and Kochi Office
LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN IPE ETHIOPIA
Tesfaye Hailu will be taking over the
role of Country Head in Ethiopia,
supported by Nishu Chaudhry-
Deputy Head of Office in Ethiopia.KNOW YOUR COLLEAGUE!
“Being curious, attention for detail
and ownership are the few qualities
that I live by. I enjoy listening to the
stories of people, and the diversity of
these tales fascinate me. Exploring
contemporary art and indie music
makes me happy, and so does the
quest for new adventures, cultures,
and wilderness. Running and playing
racquet sports add flavor to my life.
Concluding this, “All work and play
makes Jack a dull boy,” and I am surely
not Jack.”
Nitin Kesar has joined as a Senior
Program Officer for Communications
in the Health, Nutrition, and WASH
department. Previously, he worked as
a teacher, communicator, editor, and
project manager. He started his career
as Teach for India Fellow, where he
worked for equity in education in a
low-income school in New Delhi. After
that, he worked with
brands like XSEED
Education, Housing,
and Economic Times.
Location: Niagra Falls, United States
© Ajay Kumar SinghLocation: Dawki River, Meghalaya
© Manisha Bhattacharjee
Location: Mukteshwar, Uttar Pradesh
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