Wednesday, April 27, 2011

STDC goes online with G2C travel portal


GANGTOK, 26 April [IPR]: Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation Ltd launched its G2C (Government to Customer) travel portal www.sikkimflygov.in on 22 April, during the closing ceremony of the International Rhododendron Festival held at Uttarey, West Sikkim.
STDC has become the first government organization to venture into airline ticketing with the launch of this portal which has been developed on a Public Private Partership (PPP) model in collaboration with ZETA Travel Technologies Pvt Ltd, informs a press release. This portal offers cheap and reliable airfares apart from various tour packages within Sikkim like village tourism (homestay) pilgrimage tours, trekking etc.
The government of Sikkim has declared the tourism industry as a thrust industry to promote tourism based economics and to act as the key agent for sustainable economic development. This venture has been conceptualized to make Sikkim a tourist destination by choice and to facilitate self employment opportunities and result in entrepreneurship development in various corners of state, the release further informs.

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