Mangrove Walk at Shoal Bay on Nov. 8 to Promote Eco-Guiding and Sustainable Tourism

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 05 November 2025

The Department of Tourism, A&N Administration, in collaboration with the Department of Environment & Forests and the Gram Panchayat, Shoal Bay, will set up a Mangrove Walk at Shoal Bay on November 8, 2025, from 8 AM to 10 AM.

The initiative goals to advertise eco-tourism and self-employment alternatives for native youth by encouraging them to take up eco-guiding and conservation-linked livelihood actions. Participants will get a first-hand expertise of the varied wildlife of the mangrove ecosystem, guided by consultants from the Forest Department who will clarify the ecological significance and biodiversity of the world.

Participation is restricted to 50 individuals, with precedence given to native youth from close by areas as a part of a self-employment era initiative. The Department has additionally invited tour operators, tourism stakeholders, naturalists, environmentalists, and vacationers to hitch the occasion.

To facilitate participation, a devoted bus organized with the help of the Transport Department will depart from Mohanpura Bus Terminus at 6 AM and is predicted to achieve Shoal Bay by 8 AM. The return journey will begin after the one-hour tour.

Interested people could submit their functions to the Department of Tourism by November 6, 2025. Application kinds can be found with the Manager (Ops), Directorate of IP&T, Sri Vijaya Puram (Contact: 9933255364).

The first 50 candidates might be chosen for the preliminary part of the Mangrove Walk, whereas remaining candidates might be accommodated in subsequent phases as per the accepted calendar of occasions. Upon profitable completion of the tour, certificates might be issued to all members collectively endorsed by officers from the Tourism Department, Forest Department, and Gram Panchayat, Shoal Bay.