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| September 26, 2009 | Heritage walk held in Shimla to mark World Tourism Week | | Shimla: To promote tourism and spread awareness about protecting buildings and monuments of historical importance, students
here organised a heritage walk as part of the World Tourism Week celebrations.
The students of Masters of Tourism Administration of the Himachal Pradesh University
along with residents and tourists walked through Shimla covering ten heritage
sites, including Gaiety Theatre, Shimla Municipal Council Building, Scandal Point,
General Post Office building, Telegraph Office, Gorton Castle and the Vice Regal
Lodge. The students gave out details and narrated the importance of the monuments
to tourists accompanying them. The reason for organising the 2.5 kilometres walk
was to increase tourist inflow to Shimla, apart from creating awareness on protecting
the heritage of the city. "Whatever the British have left, we want to make familiar
with that. That's why we are covering each and every monument that starts from
this Christ Church," said Ravi, an organiser of the walk. For tourists, the walk
was a nice way of learning about the heritage of Shimla, which is known as the
queen of hill stations in the country. "This is magical because its' away up on
top of the mountain. It's unique because you find a blend of Indian and English
architecture which you don't find in rest of India, which is stepping back into
time," said Bill Davidson, a tourist. Students also staged street plays to highlight
the importance of heritage monuments. | |
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