Tourists can expect more and better facilities at tiger reserve and wildlife sanctuary

Tourists at Valmiki Tiger Reserve and Pant Wildlife Sanctuary in Bihar can look forward to enjoying better accommodation and allied services like transport and security facilities by virtue of an eco-tourism plan of the tourism and forests departments. VTR offers jungle safari and trekking.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 23 May 2016.

The forests department will draw up comprehensive plans to provide visitors facilities such as online booking, transport, lodging, food, sight-seeing and security at VTR, and also at other eco-tourism destinations in the state. The procedure at present is that hotels or guesthouses have to be booked through the divisional forests officer or the BSTDC office. However, tourists do not know about the travel options and other arrangements.
Under the modified plan, tourists can book accommodation at most eco-tourism destinations either by visiting the office of the divisional forests officer or contacting the BSTDC offices. These facilities will be available at VTR and the other destinations such as Pant Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajgir, Kakolat waterfalls in Nawada, Rajgir and others and will be introduced from the next tourist season (October-February).
There are a number of options for tourists like the forest guesthouses at Madanpur, Manguraha, Ganauli, and Govardhana ranges. Two eco-huts had been inaugurated at Kotraha and Madanpur ranges in November 2012. Moreover, there are six eco-huts at Govardhana and Naurangia Don ranges. In addition to these, several old and dilapidated wooden watchtowers and guesthouses have also been renovated recently.


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