There is definitely a need to regulate unorganized & unregulated tourism sector specially for adventure sports like Paragliding, river rafting, jungle safari. See Petition
A 12 year old lost his life recently in one such unfortunate accident in himachal pradesh
a-12-year-old-died-at-paragliding-site-in-himachal-pradesh-his-father-is-now-looking-for-answers.
To ensure safe adventure tourism in India, as first step government should take some steps towards :
1. Improvement of Safety Facilities and imposition of stricter guidelines for companies/agents offering Paragliding, ropeway, water sports, river rafting, or other similar adventure related services
2. Positioning of permanent Trauma Care Ambulance and availability of first aid facilities by the management in supervision of the Government Authorities. Offering the insurance to customers should be a must
3. Having a professional and organized set up of adventure tourism. A comprehensive SoP with detailed pre-conditions for organizations which want to get into adventure tourism and also the SoP on how to manage and operate, including what exactly to be done in case of any possible mishaps, etc
4. Personal accountability, standardization of agents and their equipments offering such services. It is extremely critical also to have continuous and timely audits of all such organizations, and licenses to be revoked/suspended for any lapses
Regards,
Vips
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