Paryatan Parv: AIHM organizes Hygiene Awareness Drive Amongst Tourist and Street Vendors

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 24^th 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 5^th to 25^th 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.