it has yet to officially recognise kayaking paragliding scuba and scores of other small and big adventure sports operators across the statemanesh bhaskar ceo of the state governmentrun kerala adventure tourism promotion society katps has conceded that recognising the sector and introducing safety guidelines will bring about a great deal of accountability and reassure the operatorsthe union tourism ministry had last year formulated detailed guidelines for the adventure tourism sector the guidelines have instructions regarding training emergency rescue procedures risk management strategies insurance permissions and a lot more specific to various events kerala hasnt implemented the samethe guidelines must be modified to suit our requirements for example with regards to mountaineering the central government has set guidelines for peaks that are 10000ft and higher but our geography is different and we need fresh set of guidelines said bhaskarhe added that theyre in the process of introducing statespecific guidelines and regulations later this year also registration of adventure operators with the tourism department will be carried out katps said it remains to be seen when the projected changes will come into effect until then it is a tightrope walk for the adventure sports segment and out there theyre on their own