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ITANAGAR, 27 May:<\/strong> The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has launched a project in Kabu village in West Siang district for promoting eco-cultural tourism.<\/p>\n Eco-cultural tourism is a concept by which both ecological and cultural aspects of a landscape are combined for attracting tourists.<\/p>\n The project was launched on Friday in Kabu by NABARD General Manager Partho Saha, a communiqu\u00e9 said on Saturday.<\/p>\n Saha said that “the huge potential of the state for eco-cultural tourism will provide an ideal getaway for city people who look for avenues to relax among pristine nature.”<\/p>\n Young Men’s Adventure Club (YMAC), the implementing agency of the project, has the responsibility of sensitising the entrepreneurs to the importance of conservation, Saha said.<\/p>\n The other components of the project are preserving, promoting and propagating the unique culture of the Galo community, the NABARD official said.<\/p>\n “Through the homestays and the proposed ‘ethnographic centre’, the project partners will endeavour to open a window to local cuisines, local weave and handicraft, folklores, tribal religion, mythology, livelihoods and family structure,” Saha informed.<\/p>\n While these would be of immense interest to the tourists, they have the potential to provide substantial income to all the stakeholders, he added.<\/p>\n NABARD District Development Manager OP Mounglang said, “Kabu village already has a reputation as the cleanest village in the district, having been awarded the prize for the last two consecutive years.” (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ITANAGAR, 27 May: The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has launched a project in Kabu village in West Siang district for promoting eco-cultural tourism. Eco-cultural tourism is a concept by which both ecological and cultural aspects of a landscape are combined for attracting tourists. The project was launched on Friday in Kabu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-217141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}