Thursday, February 13, 2014

IHCAE launches official website

GANGTOK, 12 Feb: The official website of the Indian Himalayan Centre for Adventure & Ecotourism [IHCAE], Chemchey in South Sikkim, www.ihcaesikkim.org, was launched by the Tourism Minister, Bhim Dhungel on Tuesday. The launch was also attended by the Tourism Secretary, C Zangpo and IHCAE Director, ST Bhutia [IPS] and other officials.
The website contains detailed information about the institute along with information on its campus, training courses and other activities along with the event calendar of the institute.
Speaking to media persons today, IHCAE Director, Mr Bhutia mentioned that the website has all details about the institute and its activities targeted mainly for the youth of Sikkim.  He added that the website would also help people from other states to take part in the various activities of the institute.
Mr Bhutia has urged the young people of the state to visit the website and promote the institute which mainly emphasizes on adventure and ecotourism.
The institute was formally inaugurated by the Union Minister for Tourism, Kumari Selja on 07 December 2009. IHCAE is located on a hill top at Chemchey Village, South Sikkim at an altitude of 6582 ft. covering an area of 21.2 acre. The institute is the first of its kind in the entire North East region.
IHCAE provides high standard eco-tourism and adventure related training courses while emphasizing on instilling the concept of adventure tourism without causing any environmental degradation.

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