As Union Territory (UT) Administration, Chandigarh prepares to celebrate tourism week from September 27, 2010, its ambitious project to set up a North India Tourist Centre or ‘Pariyatan Bhawan’ has failed to take off even after two years of it being finalised. According to a report in Times of India, touted as a one-stop facility for visitors to Chandigarh, it was not only meant to help them plan their stay in the city but also chalk out further travel options in other states of the region.
Tourists were to be provided the facility of buying air and rail tickets by getting in touch with tour and travel operators and hoteliers, who were to be rented out space at the Centre. The concept was to integrate tourism planning for attracting more people to the city. The Centre was to come up in Inter-state Bus Terminus, Sector 17, once all bus counters had been shifted to ISBT-43. Besides, the UT Administration had also identified a couple of locations in Sector 26 and Ministry of Tourism (MoT) had been approached for seeking financial assistance for the project. |