Here’s the winner of the silver award for Sustainable Enterprises in Eco-Fragile Landscapes: Darjeeling Walks
The primary focus of Darjeeling Walks is community development and social engagement through tourism without hampering nature. The bootstrapped company leads slow-paced and research-led walking tours in and around Darjeeling.
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The primary focus of Darjeeling Walks is community development and social engagement through tourism without hampering nature. The bootstrapped company leads slow-paced and research-led walking tours in and around Darjeeling.
#Awards #IRTA #Travel #OutlookTraveller #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Hi, my name is Anirban.
00:10 I'm the founder explorer of Darjeeling Walks.
00:13 We are a community travel organization based in Darjeeling.
00:16 Darjeeling was carrying on its mainstream tourism activities
00:19 since various decades.
00:22 We wanted to introduce a completely new set
00:25 of itineraries focusing on the community building
00:28 activities, including the folk music of Nepal
00:32 to our itinerary, like Boithak in the Hills.
00:35 We have introduced heritage walks,
00:37 like Sama Capital Walk and Culture Shock,
00:40 focusing on, again, the rituals and different aspects
00:44 of their life of different ethnicities,
00:47 and focusing on endangered rituals of the Tibetan
00:51 Buddhism, which is historically a significant community
00:55 to minimize the mainstream tourism activity as much
00:59 as possible, and being responsible,
01:02 and looking for more and more opportunities
01:04 to create a bond with the local life here.
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01:15 (upbeat music)