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The week-long ‘Tourist Guide Training Programme’, organized by the Tourism and Civil Aviation Department kicks-off today at the Conference hall of Paryatan Bhawan in Sikkim.
The main objective of the training was to provide Tourist Guide Crash Course from September 17-23, 2022 for registration of all tour guides and to boost adventure tourism in Sikkim.
According to the Joint Director of Adventure Department – Kazi Sherpa, this event envisages to encourage sustainable tourism and initiated safety measures to reduce casualties and accidents; in order to promote safety tourism.
Meanwhile, the trainees from all districts participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. The programme concluded with the distribution of T-Shirts to tour guides, tent in-charge, trekking cook and trekking guide.