| According to a an IANS report, Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Himachal Pradesh will organise a three-day Sangla Valley Household Tourism Festival. The Festival is an initiative to promote Household Tourism. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya and Himalayan Research Group (HRG) will provide logistical and technical support for the Festival which will be held from May 21-23, 2010 in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Tej Pratap Singh, Vice-Chancellor, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya at Palampur in Kangra district said, "More than 50 home-stay units with a bed capacity of 150 have been set up in the Sangla Valley alone. The area is emerging as a hub for Household and Agro Tourism. The guests at the Festival will be put up in home stay units." Singh added, "In the first two Festivals, we motivated the local people to open and run home stay units with assistance of the state government. Our experiment has borne fruit as 20 per cent of the units registered in the state under the home stay scheme are in the Valley alone." |
Wednesday, May 19, 2010