category Regional,, tags Regional,, DW BUREAU Punjabi University Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Hotel Management in collaboration with Punjab Tourism Board organized a Heritage walk here today on the occasion of World Heritage Day, 2023. The student members of Yuva Tourism Club , an initiative of the Union Ministry of Tourism, with the strategic objective of creating interest, awareness and a sense of responsibility towards our country s natural and cultural heritage tourism among children and youth celebrated the day along with the faculty by participating in the heritage walk which started from Shahi Samadhan and ended at Qila Mubarak. Students were enlightened with the royal past of the city and were further involved in a painting competition with the theme Heritage Changes . Dr Chef Parminder Singh Dhillon, Head of the Department, and Dr Hardaman Singh Bhinder, Assistant Professor, Coordinators of the Yuva Tourism Club, briefed the students about the theme Heritage Changes where the focus is on sustainability and restoration of the heritage sites and the tourist destinations. Chef Dhillon emphasized on the need to raise awareness about the importance of protecting cultural heritage and to celebrate the diversity of the world s heritage. Faculty members present from the department included Dr Amandeep, Anuradha Chakravarty, Sandeep Kaur and Amrinder Singh. (editor dailyworld.in)