The scenic town of Pelling in West Sikkim was recently the venue for the World Tourism Day celebrations with a focus on this year's theme of Tourism and the Digital Transformation being addressed with a series of workshops, adventurous tourism and other activities.
The event was organised jointly by the Tourism & Civil Aviation Department, West District Administration and West District Tourism Society (WDTS) with the support of tourism stakeholders of West Sikkim. A state-level celebration committee was constituted headed by Sikkim tourism and civil aviation minister, Ugen T Gyatso Bhutia and UDHD minister N K Subba as the chief patron and other MLAs of West District as patrons. The committee had Sushil Tamang as working president of WTDCC.
The event was successful in bringing together experts in various fields relevant to the tourism industry to deliberate upon how best to ensure that the burgeoning tourism sector in the state continues to thrive in a sustainable manner while creating employment for the youth. The experts also discussed the huge potential of Sikkim in terms of tourism and how bringing in the right people from relevant fields can unlock that very potential in such a way that truly benefits the people of Sikkim. The inauguration of a Greenfield airport in Pakyong (the 100th airport in India) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the start of a rail link from Siliguri to Rangpo is expected to improve ease of travel to the state. On Independence Day this year, the chief minister Pawan Chamling released the State Tourism Policy 2018.
In view of the theme of this year's World Tourism Day being focused on the digital transformation of the tourism sector and the challenges being faced by Sikkim’s tourism sector, a panel discussion on “Tourism & the Digital Transformation in the Context of Sikkim” was organised where seniormost representatives of leading Online travel companies, digital news and media companies, travel writers and leading local hoteliers, travel agents and tourism stakeholders were invited to be a part of the panel.
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