Tourism

The word tourism defines tourists, as people who travel to and stay in other places outside the usual environment. During vacations many outside tourist came and visit the india. There are many things to see in Chandigarh like Lake, Rose Garden, Sector 17(Markets).

Sukhna lake

The Sukhna lake is situated in Sector 1 Chandigarh. In order to promote eco-tourism, it had been decided to replace the four-streyed tower on the island, which is used during the annual rowing event conducted at the lake, with a temporary structure. The lake also has a full length watercourse, developed in 1989 along with the tower when the city hosted the Asian Championship in 1989. All outside tourist come and visit the lake and this is the perfect place to go for boating and this is also a bird watchers paradise. The lake is a very popular for the picnic sport. The towers are an eyesore to visitors.

Rose Garden

Rose Gareden is situated in the Sector 16 Chandigarh. It was created by Nek Chand Saini, a resident of the city in 1985. Every year there is a rose festival in Rose Garden. Many people come from different places to this festival. Rose Garden is well decorated with different kinds of flowers. In the festival there are different kinds of stalls like popkorns, ice cream, tickis and many more. The festival of garden (Rose Festival) the mega event of the U.T.

Shopping Center

Shopping Center is located in sector 17. A scene in a market is very interesting. Although the market is quite spacious, it is always full of rush andtraffic especially in the evening. There are footpaths on both sides of the market for the pedestrians. Sector 17 is the main shopping center of the city.

Specially, in the afternoon when the school children come home from their schools, they go on observing things of their interest displayed by the shopkeepers in the display windows.In the evening they come with their parents and insist on buying some article or the other. Then they would visit some eating place or a restaurant. On holidays and other days off the market is overcrowded with people especially students.They all look for latest varieties of all things.

Rock Garden

A Rock garden also known as rockery garden, is a type of garden that features uses of stones and rocks along with plants native to rocky environments. Chandigarh is a modern city, built in a 1950s from a design by the french architect Le Corbusier. It is a monument of international importance which express this global problem through imagination and beauty. Chand used thrown away and industrial waste items everyday, in the Chandigarh Rock garden is perhaps the most world's curious. It was created by Shri Nek Chand Saini, a resident of the city in 1958. He belongs to the Gurdaspur district in Punjab province. The urban waste material such as mute rocks turned into art objects and broken plugs, waste bottles, saucers, plates was turned into creative patterns. The rock garden is visited by over 5000 people daily.