Principles developed by Robert Owen in New Lanark put to use in rural India

Tourism experts from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, working in partnership with Scottish destination specialists, have applied the same principles to establish the first ecotourism co-operative in rural India.

They have now registered Bageshwar Ecotourism Co-operative Society in India.

For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette which is in the shops now.