Chandigarh joins global cities handing out souvenirs

CHANDIGARH: The city has joined a select league of cities like New York, London, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, which have their own souvenirs and memorabilia.

Tourists can now take back attractive coffee mugs, mouse pads, paperweights, pen sets, T-shirts, caps, key-chains and magnets as a keepsake of their visit to Chandigarh.

The initiative of the Department of Tourism of "The City Beautiful" was launched on Wednesday at a function attended by Nek Chand, creator of the world famous rock garden here, comedian Jaspal Bhatti and golfer Irina Brar among others.

Director Tourism Vivek Atray released the memorabilia, each of which have different tourists spots of the city printed on them.