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| Winter sports vital to switch on Gulmarg in "off season": Nasir | | | Early Times Report
GULMARG, Feb 19: Minister of State for Tourism, Nasir Aslam Wani, today said that Gulmarg has positioned itself as an important adventure sports destination, which besides attracting high-end off season tourists, will also help our youngsters to train and excel in winter sporting activities.
The Minister said this while distributing prizes among winners in different ski events at the Institute of Skiing & Mountaineering (IISM), here today.
The Minister, while lauding the contribution of IISM in producing trainers out of youngsters in various adventure sports, said activities like heli and water skiing, parasailing, trekking and hotair ballooning will be taken up in a big way to groom youth as future trainers. "The Government has subsidized courses at IISM and the response amongst young adventure aspirants has been encouraging," Nasir Aslam said. Their training will be important as they will handhold tourists in trying out these sports, thereby generating employment opportunities for them, he added.
The Minister also highlighted the potential of Kashmir in aero, land and aqua adventure fields and said services of IISM will be fully utilized in promoting these activities. In his address, Col. Dhillon said a special drive has been undertaken to train poor youth free-of-cost. "IISM has trained over 130 local youth without charging any fee," he said, adding these boys also participated in recently-held Alpine Premier League. Trophies, certificate and medallions were also distributed amongst the winners during the prize distribution ceremony. |
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