{"id":24589,"date":"2018-02-26T11:33:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T11:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=24589"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:14:01","slug":"how-calcutta-walks-is-promoting-sustainable-tourism-in-the-city-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2018\/02\/how-calcutta-walks-is-promoting-sustainable-tourism-in-the-city-of-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Calcutta Walks is promoting sustainable tourism in the city of joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331922 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-design-12-1.jpg\" alt=\"How Calcutta Walks is promoting sustainable tourism in the city of joy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">P<\/span>romoting eco-friendly tourism and enthusiasm to travel is the goal of this Kolkata organisation that takes you around the city on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists know Kolkata, or \u2013 as the veteran Calcuttan would still like to call it \u2013 Calcutta, by the Howrah Bridge spanning across the horizon, or the once-revolving stone fairy atop the Victoria Memorial set against the skyline. But, there is more to this warm, friendly city than that.<\/p>\n<p>Take a tram ride down its old streets through rickety buildings, or a walk through the authentic <em>boi-para<\/em> (\u2018book lane\u2019), or let the city take your breath away during Durga Puja, the grandest Bengali festival.<\/p>\n<p>Or, walk through it with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/calcuttawalks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calcutta Walks<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 the organisation that is famous for conducting city tours, keeping with the spirit of sustainability and viability.<\/p>\n<p>Calcutta Walks has no guides, but fellow \u2018Explorers\u2019 as the team likes to call itself. They are lovers of the city, travel enthusiasts, and forever learners. Ten years ago, Iftekhar Ahsan left his corporate job and set up a touring organisation for the city he was passionately fond of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMired in years of neglect and bad publicity, people fail to accept Calcutta for the great city that it is,\u201d says Explorer Anirban, one of the team members.<\/p>\n<p>Their basic motto is sustainable tourism<strong>.<\/strong> \u201cWe take pride in showing the city as it is \u2013 animated, colourful, a milieu of races, religions, communities, languages, and heritage. Ours is a constant endeavour to engage the tourist in a dialogue with the city he is walking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article originally published by <a href=\"https:\/\/yourstory.com\/2018\/02\/calcutta-walks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Your Story.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-service\"><div class=\"su-service-title\" style=\"padding-left:46px;min-height:32px;line-height:32px\"><i class=\"sui sui-envelope-o\" style=\"font-size:32px;color:#333\"><\/i> Subscribe to our weekly newsletter<\/div><div class=\"su-service-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"padding-left:46px\">[yikes-mailchimp form=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promoting eco-friendly tourism and enthusiasm to travel is the goal of this Kolkata organisation that takes you around the city on foot.\u00a0Their basic motto is sustainable 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