Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off a 35-member courageous tourist team for Badrinath from his office, Dehradun on Saturday. Team departed for Badrinath in bikes and cars.
According to the organisers of the event, the move is meant to promote winter tourism in the state. “This 35-member courageous tourist team includes four women. It departed for Badrinath in Chamoli district and tourists from Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana, Chandigarh and Tamil Nadu are members of the team. They would tour the snow- bound areas of Badrinath during the five- day tour. The team members would return to Dehradun on January 10,” one of the organisers said.
In his address, CM Rawat said 35-member courageous tourist team has started on the adventure to attract tourists and promote tourism in the state. “Uttarakhand is a popular choice for sports activities in winter season across the country. Uttarakhand is also known as peaceful, secure and naturally beautiful place of the country. Preparations are on war footing for Federation of International Skiing Race which would be held at Auli this month. Weather at Auli is good for this sports competition. Things would further look up in the coming days as our focus remains trained on boosting tourism to boost economy of the state ,” he said.
CM further said that Uttarakhand is having huge potential of tourism sector which must be tapped in full in view of tourism being the mainstay of the mountainous state’s economy. “The state government is leaving no stone unturned to promote adventure tourism and others. Several steps have been taken in the state to promote tourism. Around 23 lakhs pilgrims had reached Uttarakhand during Char dham yatra season last year. State government’s scheme of Sanskriti gram and gramin tourism, meant to attract tourists, is successful,” he added. On the occasion additional secretary Ashish Srivastav were present among others.