Hit by Covid 19 staff working under tourism projects face lay offs

Amritsar | Wednesday | 7th April, 2021

Summary:

However officials of the Tourism Department claimed that the projects had been completed so the services of engineers and other staff hired for conservation were terminated. Following the Covid-19 restrictions tourism activities are yet to resume in the city. The heritage walk is also facing a sharp dip in the number of tourists visiting the city after the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. The heritage walk initiated in September 27 2011 on World Tourism Day by the then SAD government and Navjot Singh Sidhu had played a major role in beginning the project. The initiative of the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board had received a good response..