Saint Augustine once remarked, “The world is a book; those who do not travel read only one page.” We all love to travel for different reasons with the central idea of seeing and experiencing new things. Through travelling one gets a chance to test oneself. It pushes people to their limits and takes them outside their comfort zone. While travelling one always becomes wiser.
Keeping the same spirit, United nations General Assembly announced World Tourism Day on September 27 in 1980. Since then, the organisation has been urging the tourism community, private sector, Governments and civil society to observe the day in the right spirit. To mark the day, The Pioneer speaks to various training organisations to know how they would like to teach their students to explore, learn and inculcate the habit of cleanliness while touring nearby spots.
Principal of Delhi Public School Daulatpur, Uma Pandey says, “I would like to take my students to some religious place like Daksh Mandir where the lesson of cleanliness needs to be given to the visitors. We must protect these historical and mythological places. We are also planning to stage a ‘nukkad natak’ on cleanliness during the visit.”
Swami Sharad Puri of Shivdale School says, “The 35 km stretch from Haridwar to Rishikesh along the Rajaji Tiger Reserve is fascinating. It houses some natural wonders like Siddh Srot near Chilla and Kanav Ashram in Rishikesh. This is where I wish to take my students for safari. They never get time to explore the wonderful nature surrounding us. Besides, they would understand the significance of the fabled temples and caves surrounding the area.”
The deputy commandant of IRB in Haridwar, Surjeet Singh Panwar said, “As a part of duty, our constables get exposure of nearby places of interest from tourism point of view like Har Ki Pauri, hillock temple Mansa Devi and other temples. Jungle trainings are also organized from time to time in Champawat and other areas.
But we would like to take the trainee constables to Rajaji National Park this year where they can actually learn about the vulnerable varieties of rare herbs. The guided tour can be informative on the rare herbs and varieties of trees which are often felled by the poachers. This would further help the trainees contribute to the development of forest resources and, at the same time, to spend some time off from their daily routine.”