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The second tourism summit under India’s G20 chairmanship – to be held in Siliguri and Darjeeling in West Bengal in the first week of April – will focus on the potential of adventure tourism. The first meeting of the Tourism Working Group held in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat last month focused on archeology and rural tourism.
“The five priority areas – green tourism, digitalisation, skills, MSME tourism and destination management – were presented by India at the workshop and were endorsed by all G20 members, inviting countries and international organisations,” Union Tourism Minister Arvind Singh told The Indian. Express and added that all representatives have given positive feedback.
The second meeting of the tourism working group will be held on April 1-3, where the representatives will discuss deeper and broader aspects of the group’s five priorities, he said. The first session offered a tour of the Harappan site at Dholavira, in keeping with the theme of archaeological tourism, the second session includes a day-long tour of Darjeeling, officials said.
With an introduction from the United Nations World Tourism Organization and interventions by the G20 troika (India, Indonesia and Brazil), the workshop is aimed at finalizing the first draft of a conclusion, officials say. The draft will be taken into account at the tourism ministers’ meeting, to be held in Goa in July, and later at the G20 summit in Delhi in September, Singh said.
The main attraction will be the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the ‘Toy Train Ride’, which will start from Ghum, India’s highest railway station at an altitude of 2,258 meters, to the Batasia Loop, which offers views of the Kanchenjunga Peak. say The delegates will also be treated to a tea tasting and moonlight tea leaf picking experience to promote the Darjeeling tea brand, which received India’s first GI protection in 2004. They will also visit the Raj Bhavan, the summer residence of the Governor in the West. Bengal.
The highlight of the three-day event will be an exhibition of products by the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and an exhibition to promote sustainable practices under adventure tourism at Darjeeling’s Mall Road.
Singh said the Ministry of Tourism is hosting a side event on “Adventure Tourism as a Vehicle to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals”, which will also see participation from officials of the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India. A full-day event has been organized for national stakeholders and governments to brainstorm ways to boost adventure tourism in India, he added.
Delegates will also be introduced to a selection of one-district-one-products. It includes a set of wooden owl from Burdwan district, a set of handkerchiefs from Malda, a dhokra fish hook from Bankura and an attar (perfume) from Kalimpong.
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