In AT News today....yes AP as a whole and Ziro particularly is going to be the most sought after tourist destination because of it natural beauty, pleasant weather and environment, its location, and so many attractive hotels, resorts & homestays are already coming up in a big way.. Capacity building training on Rural-Eco-Tourism Guides & Village Hospitality Service Providers begins ‘Proper infrastructure essential for growth of tourism’ wp2c386e40.png Yachang Tacho ZIRO, Aug 5: The nine days capacity building training on Rural-Eco-Tourism Guides and Village Hospitality Service Providers in Arunachal Pradesh began here today. Sponsored by North East Council, Shillong the training programme is organized by Arunachal Pradesh Tour Operator Association (APTOA) in collaboration with department of Tourism, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh and will last until August 13. In his inaugural speech, local MLA Tage Taki said that tourism will prosper and tourist inflow will rise automatically if we show hospitality to our guests. Explaining the essence of ‘Atithi Devo Bhavah’ which means ‘treat guest like a god, Taki urged the local people to show hospitality to our guests, develop good behavior and act honestly. The main component of tourism industry is good infrastructure, good environmental management, good behavior of local citizens, and availability of healthy foods. To make a place a tourist destination, these criteria are to be fulfilled. However, it does not mean that we have to accommodate the tourists in luxury room or in multi-storey building but all basic facilities like clean bathroom, bedroom, dining room etc should be there, he said. Taru Talo, Director Tourism department said that Ziro is such a beautiful place where many tourists prefer to visit. When tourists reach here it becomes the collective responsibility of the local citizen to show them gesture and hospitality. If properly developed and promoted, tourism sector here will generate employment opportunities for many unemployed educated youths, he opined. Appreciating the APTOA for choosing Lower Subansiri district as venue of the training for promotion of tourism in the state, Lower Subansiri Deputy Commissioner Krishna Mohan said that every place in Arunachal is beautiful but to make the area as place of tourist attraction there should be good road connectivity, cleanliness and hospitality. Expressing his happiness in sharing with chief secretary, secretary tourism, union ministers, MLA, MP who favoured Ziro and identified its potentiality, he requested the tourism director to avoid cement concrete tourism infrastructure as it will affect on eco tourism. Instead, he suggested for using locally available eco friendly materials for development of tourism infrastructure. Like other many hill stations in the country, use of disposable plastic products are banned in Ziro. To make it successful, tour operators have to initiate and everyone must follow the order strictly. Stating that CGI sheets are not eco friendly materials, DC enquired as to how people of Ziro have switched over to use such materials when those days they used water proof eco friendly roofing. He also disclosed his proposal sent to government for providing alternative roofing instead of CGI sheets. APTOA president John Panye and district tourism officer Tater Mize also spoke in the inaugural session. Among others Tume Amo, SP Ziro, HoDs, Bazar committee, hoteliers, participants from Ziro, Yachuli, Raga, Itanagar attended the function. In technical session, resource persons Taba Ajum, journalist and Chukhu Mama, Asst. Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Polytechnic, Itanagar highlighted on ‘Role of media in shaping and developing tourism’ and ‘Overview of tourism in North East India with tourism as an engine of growth’ respectively through power point presentation while Rohan Pandit, JRF, Eaglenes Wild Life Sanctuary, West Kameng talk about ‘Introduction of bird watching techniques’.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:00:25 +0000
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