Question

Your school is organizing a long tour for the students of your class to Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong and Gangtok. In order to make the students aware of the need to be responsible ‘eco-tourists’ and to brief them about what they should and should not do in this long tour, a meeting has been arranged. You have been asked to make a presentation giving tips to the students on responsible behaviour as tourists. Taking help from the objectives of eco tourism and your own research, prepare the presentation. It can be a power-point presentation or a speech supported by charts and visuals. As the places to be visited include heritage sites, places of worship, monuments and places of ecological importance such as mountainsides and rivers, your presentation should cover a range of responsibilities. The general thrust should be “Towards Joyful and Sustainable Tourism”. You may decide to do this as a group activity also. In that case divide the work among the members of your group for research and collection of data, preparation of the presentation, preparation of visuals and actual presentation.

Answer 1

Towards Joyful and Sustainable Tourism
(A PRESENTATION)
It's a great pleasure to know that our school is organizing a long tour for us to Kolkata. Guwahati, Shillong and Gangtok . I intend to give you an idea of the places that we must go to and the way we are expected to conduct ourselves. This is important because our visit will include heritage sites, places of worship, monuments and places of ecological importance such as mountain-sides and rivers. I propose to briefly put before you the special places we are likely to see. 

1. Kolkata : Kolkata has beautiful beaches. We must visit them. Our second destination in Kolkata will be
Shibpur . Here you will find the botanical gardens on the bank of the river Hooghly. They are famous for a 250 year old banyan tree, nearly largest of its kind in the world. The gardens are over two centuries old and home to over 35000 fruit trees and flowering plants. These have also a rare collection of orchids, besides the coveted books on Botany.

For a wildlife enthusiast, the Doars are a 'must see'. Then there is Sunderban which is a world heritage site and it is not to be missed. Apart from these Jaldaparee is also worth visiting . 

2. Guwahati : Guwahati has a wonderful planetarium which we must visit Hajo, Kamdev and Sualkuchi are the other places which we must visit when we go to Guwahati. Hajo is a temple town. The most famous temple there is Hayagriva-Madhav temple where Hindus as well as Buddhists offer prayers.

Madan Kamdev is 35 km from Guwahati. It is famous for its archaeological ruins and stone sculptures. Located in picturesque surroundings, this is a historical spot

Sulakuchi: is located 32 km. from Guwahati. It is on the northern bank of the river Brahmputra . It is a  renowned silk-weaving centre. It is called the Manchester of the East . It is the only place where Muga silk is  produced .

3. Shillong : It is the picturesque district headquarter of the East Khasi hills. It is also one of the most popular hill stations of the north east Shillong has many famous falls. Of these the most famous is Swat Falls. Shillong Peak is a spot which no tourist would like to miss. Apart f rom the Falls, Ward's Lake is another attraction.

4. Gangtok : By the time we reach Gangtok, we are likely to be tired. Yet there are at least ten spots which I think we must visit These are .

1 . Tsomgo Lake : On the old trading route from India to China, it is 35 km from Gangtok. Here you will see an ancient Shiva temple also.

2. Do-DruI Chorten Stupa : This is the most important Stupa of Sikkim.

3. Enchy Monastry : Located on a hill-top, it is an important seat of Nyingama order. The name 'Ency Monast ry' means a solitary temple.

4. Namgyal Institute of Tibetology : This is the highest seat of lea rn ing of Mahayana scholars of Tibet

5. Tashi viewpoint

6. Fambong La Wildlife sanctuary : Twenty km  from Gangtok, it has a great variety of flora and fauna.  Here we can see rare Red Panda, Civet cat etc.

7. Phensony Monastry.

8. Kabi Langchok : Situated 17 km from Gangtok. Kabi Langchok is a place of great historical importance.