Pages

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

South-West Deanery ICYM Youth Commission organizes seminar on village tourism

NAMCHI, 21 Oct: A 2-day seminar on Village Tourism was organized at St. Francis Assisi Church’s Community Hall in Jorethang on 18 and 19 October by the South West Deanery ICYM Youth Commission. The seminar, themed “Reinforcing the dream  of ICYM- Diocese of Darjeeling and Sikkim”, was inaugurated by Bishop Stephen Lepcha, Bishop of Darjeeling Sikkim Diocese, Fr. Fintan Moktan , Vicar General of the Diocese, Fr. Michael Singh, Diocesan Youth Co coordinator and Sushil Tamang, the resource person.
The seminar was attended by more than 70 youth from different Parishes and quasi Parishes of South West Sikkim Deanery. Beside them, the youth coordinators of South West  Deanery and North East Deanery of Sikkim Fr. Anthony Dewan and Fr. Yojan  Dewan , Fr. Stany  Sequira  vice Principal of St. Francis’ School Jorethang and Fr. Sukhden Lepcha  were present to encourage the  youth.
The ICYM South West Sikkim Deanery president, James Rai, delivered the welcome speech.
Also on the occasion, the ICYM South West Sikkim Deanery office was blessed and inaugurated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Stephen Lepcha, who wholeheartedly welcomed the initiative to organize the seminar. He urged the participants to learn well and seize the opportunity created by the State Government in the field of village tourism.
The resource person for the first session, Mr. Sushil Tamang, president of Self Employed Workers Association [SEWA] and a successful village tourism entrepreneur and promoter who has placed the village of Darap in West Sikkim among the more prominent village tourism destinations, detailed how he involved the entire community of Darap to promote village tourism. He shared his experiences and explained the different aspects of village Tourism.
Dr. Rashmi Dungmali from Dungmali Heritage Resort, Char Dham Road Namchi, was present as resource person for the second session and shared the practical aspects of the Home Stay or Village Tourism management.
The next day had Mani Kumar Gurung, a young farmer from Bul-Kalikhop, who has taken up floriculture and horticulture.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Readers are invited to comment on, criticise, run down, even appreciate if they like something in this blog. Comments carrying abusive/ indecorous language and personal attacks, except when against the people working on this blog, will be deleted. It will be exciting for all to enjoy some earnest debates on this blog...