By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 24th
October:-
Dr.
Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Catering and Technology, Sector-42D one of the leading institutes of Hotel Management providing various
courses for hospitality education is celebrating Paryatan Parv from 5th to 25th October,
2017.
There were a number
of activities which was organised on this day.
The Institute continued the celebrations under
“Paryatan Parv” today with a programme on “Hygiene Awareness amongst Tourist
and Street Vendors”. Students along with faculty and staff members
enthusiastically participated and spread awareness about hygiene to street
vendors and tourists.
The
awareness campaign was conducted with the objective to raise awareness about
best practices on hygiene and sanitation amongst tourism service providers. The
faculty and students sensitised the participants about the importance of
personal grooming, cleanliness, waste disposal, and proper methods of handling
food and beverages. Carrying banners, brochures and posters, the team members
spread their message loud and clear. They also demonstrated correct ways of
washing and sanitizing their hands before and during handling food. Upon
completion of the event, the food vendors were given disposable caps and gloves
to motivate them to adopt the said measures in future.
The
Institute celebrated 20th day of Paryatan Parv with zeal by organizing “Trash bag distribution drive” at Rock Garden
and Sukhna Lake. About 20 students along with faculty members enthusiastically
participated in the event. These specially designed eco-friendly trash bags made
out of brown paper and hand painted by the students were distributed to tourist
and public encouraging them to use the same in public places where dustbins are
not located in the vicinity. The use of these light weighted bags will help to
store the garbage temporarily till a dustbin is spotted by the tourists. This
initiative was highly commended by the tourists who felt that there is a need
for the same.
20th
day of Paryatan Parv was full of learning and fun as about 200 students of the
Institute along with faculty members indulged themselves to explore iconic
places in the city beautiful. The objective was to create awareness amongst the
budding hospitality graduates about the tourist attractions in the city.
There was an immense zeal amongst the students
when they witnessed the wonderful sculpture garden on 18 acres of land, full of
the imagination of one man named Nek Chand. The Nek Chand Rock Garden of
Chandigarh was indeed a masterpiece where the students appreciated the
uniqueness of the place with beautiful sculptures made out of trash and
recycled material.
Their next halt was
Government Museum & Art Gallery which portrayed archaeological
findings from the foothills of the Himalayas which suggest human activity
possibly dating back to 2.6 million years ago, making them among the oldest
known remnants of human existence. There was a great sense of curiosity
amongst students about the archaeological discovery, which comprises about 1500
fossil finds, including 200 quartzite tools collected from several locations
spread near Chandigarh.
The
participants were fully involved and engrossed in the guided tour provided at
various such spots. The day concluded with joyous Hop on Hop off bus ride which
covered the splendid tourist attractions of Chandigarh like Zakir Rose Garden
(Sector-16), War Memorial & Bougainvillea Garden (Sector-03),Sukhana
Lake,etc.
