The UT Administration is all set to promote Chandigarh as an ideal location for film shooting. “Chandigarh has tremendous untapped potential as a film city to cater to the Punjabi and Bollywood film industry. Hence, the UT Administration would try to promote it as an ideal film city,” said UT Home-cum-Tourism Secretary Anil Kumar while speaking at the CII Tourism Fest on Sunday.
The UT Home Secretary said, “Presently, the directors have to go all across to Mumbai to get sound mixing, editing, dubbing and other processes done to get the final output. If we have a proper full – fledged film city here, it would save the directors from a lot of transportation costs and booking troubles. Further, it will boost Chandigarh’s economy by creating huge employment as also it will bring Chandigarh on national and global map as a preferred filming and shooting destination.”
The second edition of CII Tourism Fest concluded here on Sunday. The Tourism Fest was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), partnered by Union Ministry of Tourism, with Chandigarh as the Host city, Punjab as the Principal Partner state, in addition to participation of Goa, Karnataka, MP, Maharashtra, HP, Chhattisgarh and 5 countries viz., Abu Dhabi, China, Japan, Mauritius and Thailand.
Anil added, “The UT Administration is working to get Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex nominated and declared as ‘Trans-border UNESCO World Heritage site’, as part of the famous French architect le Corbusier’s works, next year in January 2015. We have completed all necessary documentation work regarding the same. Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex is already called as Modern Heritage”.
“If the city gets the status, it would further boost tourism and attract lot of foreign tourists as well”, he added. In 2006-07, Chandigarh came up on the tentative list drawn up by UNESCO but in 2010, decision on it was deferred again. India along with France, Belgium, Argentina and Switzerland will be sending a transnational nomination for the architectural works of le Corbusier.
"The new building of Chandigarh International Airport is also under construction and would further boost the tourism in the city", he said. Meanwhile, the CII Tourism Fest which concluded on Sunday saw an overwhelming response. A total of 1,215 business queries were generated, 28% exhibitors received queries related to leisure, tours and pilgrimage.