The first website of Tourism Department, Hill Council, Leh was launched by Gyal P. Wangyal, Chairman/CEC, Hill Council, Leh at Council Secretariat on February 15. 

The website (https://ladakhtourism2020.wixsite.com) was indigenously designed by young volunteers of Ladakh Arts and Media Organization. 
 
Launching the website, Gyal P Wangyal congratulated Deputy Chairman Sandup, Tourism Department, Leh and team of LAMO for coming up with this comprehensive website which was needed for Ladakh and for its tourism promotion.

"Our identity got strength after we got UT status and now tourism can play a big role in propagating our unique identity across the world”, said Wangyal. He added that now tourists from around the globe can access information about Ladakh’s unique culture, history, traditions with its varied landscape and will project Ladakh one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
 
Wangyal appreciated the local team of youths headed by Project Director LAMO Tashi Morup for developing this website with almost all ingredients needed to highlight and hoped that the website will evolve with more vital information and ideas in near future.
 
Tsering Sandup, Deputy Chairman said that present Hill Council was trying hard to develop tourism website for Leh since two years but due to bifurcation of J&K State the launching was delayed as the website was redesigned in context with UT structure again. He said that the purpose of this website is not only for the promotion of tourism but to make the world know about the sustainable and eco-friendly tourism policy of Ladakh. He said that almost all the sectors of tourism was touched in the website and is developed at a very low-cost. Sandup also mentioned about the need for a tourism promotion cell to promote Ladakh’s tourism through different medium including social media.
 
Tashi Morup, Project Director LAMO said that this website is designed keeping in mind to promote sustainable and eco-friendly tourism of Ladakh and is a mobile-friendly website so that tourists could easily access information and has feedback option and also linked with social media apps.