Early Times Report
RAMBAN, Nov 8: The three days Trekking Camp Concluded here today with distribution of certificates. The trekkers including young adventure tourism enthusiasts and travel bloggers traversed the Sankhpal ridge and reached Sankhpal peak (2780 mtrs) from the Sanasar base camp Friday with a total trekking of 17 Kms.
Director Tourism, Jammu R K Katoch flagged off 3-days trekking camp for Sanasar-Sankhpal from Jammu on Thursday. 30 trekkers participated in the camp and comprised of travel bloggers and social media influencers.
They were accompanied by adventure experts of Tourism department and led by Dy. Directors Pankaj Anand and Anil Kumar Chandail along with Assistant Director Tourism Dr.Umesh Shan. The trekkers were imparted basic adventure skills by the adventure experts Amar Paul Singh, Rakesh Koul and Meenakshi during the camp.
The trekkers appreciated the efforts of tourism department for re-starting the tourism activities in the region. Preety,Vinod, Ashutosh,Ananda and Vikas Mahas,the trekkers have lauded the role of the department and the manner in which the camp was organized effectively by taking all covid precautions.
During the concluding ceremony the officers of the department reiterated the commitment of Tourism department towards promotion of Jammu Tourism and asked the participants to promote the destination with their experiences through word of mouth "HEAR-SAY" and their blogs and Social media contents. |
