Excelsior Correspondent
Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC, Leh Rigzin Spalbar, who was the chief guest on the valedictory function, said that real benefit of this training will be realized only when these students earn handsome income in this profession. He cautioned trainee students to take utmost benefit from this training by progressing in this field uninterruptedly.
Talking about the booming tourism industry of Ladakh with adequate infrastructural facilities, Spalbar said, ” in service sector professionalism is very important and Ladakhis are lacking behind in this field”, adding “Food Craft Institute at Takskithang will prove very beneficial in giving skilled hands to the growing tourism industry of Ladakh”.
Executive Councilor for Tourism Mohd Shafi Lassu and Executive Councilor for Animal and Sheep Gyurmet Dorjey also spoke in length about the role and importance of professional guides in growing tourism industry of Ladakh.
Earlier, Chief Conservator Forest Ladakh Jigmet Takpa explained about the weeklong Eco-Guide Training programme and said that experts of WWF, Cultural Academy, Scholars and Lecturers were invited to provide trainings to the students besides field visit to various know tourist destination was also conducted.
Few trainee guides while sharing their weeklong training experience termed such programme as very beneficial to polish their profession. They requested for organizing such trainings in more comprehensive way in future.
Later, CEC and other guests distributed certificates to the trained guides.
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