Kokan Bhumi Pratisthan and Maharashtra Tourism
works jointly to make it a reality
Mumbai
November 29, 2013: Kokan is all set to be featured on the
international tourism map with incessant efforts of Kokan Bhumi
Pratisthan. Kokan has 720km long coastline which is virtually a
straight beach line without many interruptions. Some of the key
features will be on display at the Global Kokan Festival which
is going to organised by Kokan Bhumi Pratisthan and MTDC and
sponsored by CREDAI-BANM and jointly held with Navi Property
Exhibition 2013 from December 14 to 17 at Cidco Ground, Sanpada
in Navi Mumbai.
Pratisthan
had successfully conducted Chikoo Festival in Dahanu-Bordi
villages which are the northern most part of Kokan region.
Moreover, now the dedicated multi-excel Volvo buses from Mumbai
and Pune are plying to Kokan to boost tourism.
KokanBhumiPratishthan
is already working on the unique and novel concept of Village
Tourism in which tourists can enjoy all facilities of rural
India in a hygienic and natural environment. The concept is
getting a great response and further plans of improving
infrastructure near beaches are on its way.
Kokan
is situated on Western Ghats which create a unique topology of
hills alongside the Arabian Sea. The road connectivity is
excellent however, owing to the hilly roads, traveling time is
little longer. To overcome this, with the efforts of Government
of Maharashtra, Seaplane is also being launched shortly. This
would be a major fillip for the tourism in Kokan as tourists can
board the amphibian planes which can land on water and land.
Kokan Bhumi Pratisthan is already working on plans to utilize
this opportunity towards increasing tourism in Kokan.
A
state of the art Scuba diving institute is taking shape at the
southern end of Kokan in Sindhudurg near Tarkarli. Though, the
government has taken up the initiative, Kokan Bhumi Pratisthan
is working towards improving employment opportunity by way of
promoting village tourism and preparing the youth by educating
them to adapt to new changes and restrict the migration in
cities.
Shri
Prabhakar Save of Save Farm and Chikoo Festival organiser is one
of the pioneers of village tourism, agro tourism, adventure
tourism and conduct guided tours of Science behind Nature. He
believes that there is a great potential to replicate this model
across Kokan from which bother farmers and tourists can benefit.
Similarly,
Sameer Athvale of Kokan Greenlife has come up with one more
venture of Shantai Resort which promotes sustainable tourism in
Kokan.
Sustainable
tourism is the main focus of Kokan Bhumi Pratisthan and has
achieved it efficiently. Global Kokan Festival is a similar
effort in bringing the policy makers, industry leaders, thought
leaders and stakeholders together on a single platform to take
the onus of Kokan’s development.
State
Excise Minister and Thane Guardian Minister, Shree Ganesh Naik
is the chief advisor of this mega festival, Shree SanjeevNaik,
Member of Parliament is the SwagatAdhyaksha , MLA Bhai Jagtap is
the Working President and Sanjay Yadavrao is theChief Executive
of the festival.
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