To give a boost to tourism sector in Chandigarh, the UT Administration will showcase tourism spots of the city at World Travel Market 2014 to be organised in london. A stall of Chandigarh Tourism would be put up at World Travel Market (WTM)- 2014 and UT Director Tourism, Kashish Mittal will represent the city.
Designed by French Architect le Corbusier, Chandigarh offers manifold opportunities for visitors and tourists in the sectors of heritage, medical, wedding, sports and eco tourism. To present the tourism potential of the city, the UT Administration will showcase buildings designed by Corbusier and famous tourist spots like Rock Garden, Rose Garden, Sukhna lake among others at WTM.
Every year, the WTM brings together Tourism Ministers and leading tourism experts from all over the world to debate key issues surrounding tourism. Senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and representatives of the international media, participate in the WTM in london every year in November.
Notably, Corbusier’s aesthetically designed masterpieces in Capitol Complex of Chandigarh is also vying to attain the status of UNESCO’s world heritage site 2015.
This time, Chandigarh is a part of transnational nomination of French Architect le Corbusier’s works for UNESCO heritage status. le Corbusier’s works in Chandigarh along with his other works in countries namely France, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Germany, Argentina is included in the trans-border serial nomination for UNESCO heritage status for the year 2015.