Prem Singh Tamang

India

Sikkim digitises tourist permits for restricted areas.

According to officials on Tuesday, the Sikkim government is getting ready to implement an integrated online system for granting Protected Area Permits (PAP) and Restricted Area Permits (RAP), with the goals of enhancing transparency, reducing income leakages, and controlling visitor movement in specified regions. Under the Sikkim INSPIRES project, the Tourism and Civil Aviation Department organised a stakeholder consultation on…