Post-tsunami, India to promote Andaman eco-tourism
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Post-tsunami, India to promote Andaman eco-tourism
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India aims to promote its remote and unspoilt Andaman islands as an exclusive high-end eco-tourism destination, partly in a bid to rebuild the islands' economy after last year's tsunami.
The Andaman islands, covered in rainforest and palm trees and fringed by coral reefs, were always one of India's least known tourist destinations, partly because they lie 1,200 km off India's eastern coast.
The archipelago may have been put on the world map after the Dec. 26 tsunami, but tourists simply stopped coming, scared off by all the negative publicity. Just 3,300 people made it in the first quarter of this year, a drop of more than 90 percent.
The first task is to repair the image of the island chain.
"What we've got to do is ensure people start going back," said Amitabh Kant
.................."The destination is so fabulous and so unique that I don't think any tourist coming to the Andamans should be spending less than $500 a day," he said"
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The Andaman islands, covered in rainforest and palm trees and fringed by coral reefs, were always one of India's least known tourist destinations, partly because they lie 1,200 km off India's eastern coast.
The archipelago may have been put on the world map after the Dec. 26 tsunami, but tourists simply stopped coming, scared off by all the negative publicity. Just 3,300 people made it in the first quarter of this year, a drop of more than 90 percent.
The first task is to repair the image of the island chain.
"What we've got to do is ensure people start going back," said Amitabh Kant
.................."The destination is so fabulous and so unique that I don't think any tourist coming to the Andamans should be spending less than $500 a day," he said"
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Why does this sound like bad news???
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Hopefully at $500 a day the damage may be contained somewhat... 
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