Posted on 24 Apr 2015
Uttar Pradesh Government will launch a new scheme ‘Lucknow by cycle’ for travelers by next month. Under this scheme, cycle will be provided on rent to the tourists. This type of cycle city tours is available in many places outside India like Berlin, London, Munich in Germany, Amsterdam, etc. In China, cycles are available on rent at local level in a few cities to visit tourist spots.
By this, Uttar Pradesh Government is planning to provide tourists opportunity to explore every nuke and corner of the city by cycle. In the first phase of this scheme, eight geared cycles would be provided by Uttar Pradesh tourism department to the tourists for a rent of Rs 200/-.
The tour will start from Residency and end at Shahnajaf Imambara via Chotta and Bara Imambaras. A guide will accompany the tourists and provide information regarding the historic buildings. The Uttar Pradesh tourism is planning to launch the similar scheme in Varanasi & Agra in near future. The cycle tour will be helpful for the tourists to explore the narrow bylanes of Varanasi.
The main aim of this new scheme of Uttar Pradesh Government is to increase the popularity of heritage tourism. Through this ‘Experience tourism’ tourists can mingle with the city’s living tradition during tourism activity. The city’s way of life, its people, street food, handicrafts, heritage & history can be very well understood.
Trivandrum, Kerala