The City Beautiful is all set to witness a week full of merriment and entertainment during the upcoming World Tourism Week starting September 27.From International Coffee Festival to food festivals, Bollywood music nite to Punjabi music nite, exhibitions to cultural performances, the tourism week would have it all.
The coffee lovers of Chandigarh are in for a real treat during the tourism week. An International Coffee Festival will be organised by CITCO (Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Corporation limited) and Chandigarh Tourism from September 27 to 30 in CITCO hotels. 'BEAN TO COP Coffee Festival' at Hotel Mountview and 'le Café Coffee Festival' at Hotel Shivalikview will be a part of the tourism week festivities.
A road show for International Coffee Festival was also organised at Sukhna lake on Tuesday. The International Coffee Festival will have the flavours of coffee variants and allied menu specially crafted by connoisseurs and chefs along with coffee flavours from Kenya, Ethiopia and Turkey, country partners in International Coffee Festival.
From lattes and muffins to coffee ice creams and cakes, the festival would showcase coffee flavors of different variants. Specially designed Menu would include Coffee Cup Cakes, coffee sauce ice cream, Coffee Pan Cakes, Coffee Mocktails, Home Made Coffee Chocolates, Coffee Cookies, Coffee Truffle, Cappuccino Muffins among others, to satisfy the cravings of coffee lovers. A special décor with 'coffee' theme would also be set up at the hotels during the festival.
The tourism week celebration encompasses everything from music evenings to fun and frolic activities. On September 27, 'Su Prabhat' on Indian classical and fusion music will be organized at city's prime tourist spot-Sukhna lake. Renowned Bollywood singer Kavita Krishnamurthy will perform at Sector 17 Plaza during music nite on September 27.
A photography exhibition and 'tour the city with a dice' would be organised at Shopping Plaza, Sector 17 on September 28. A Punjabi music nite is lined up on September 29 at New lake, Sector 42 here.
During the celebrations, 3 dimensional art installations will be seen at Sukhna lake. The concluding day of celebration will witness cultural performance and closing ceremony at the lake.
Besides this, food festivals will be organised in various hotels and restaurants during the World Tourism Week celebrations. Also, the food connoisseurs have all the reason to smile as special discounts will also be extended to the customers by the restaurants and hotels in Chandigarh during the week.
"A gamut of activities has been planned for the gala of world tourism week celebrations in the City Beautiful," said a senior official of the UT Administration. The official said "international coffee festivals, music evenings and music nite by renowned Hindi and Punjabi singers, and other events would be organised across the city."