Switzerland Tourism has appointed Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra because the ‘Friendship Ambassador’. In his new position, the gifted Indian sports activities famous person will showcase and promote the adventurous, sporty, and gorgeous open air of Switzerland to Indian travellers.
Chopra has typically travelled to Switzerland for tournaments and coaching however this time, after his season ended, India’s latest sports activities icon spent his days enjoyable within the nation whereas doing what he loves finest — getting the adrenaline pumping! Among the many high locations that Chopra visited have been Interlaken, Zermatt and Geneva.
After successful the Diamond league championships in Zurich in September this 12 months, Neeraj and his closest associates who joined him in Switzerland launched into a vacation which was tailored for his adventurous facet. His program coated all of it – from canyon leaping, sky diving, jetboat in Interlaken in addition to snow scooters and sleds on Jungfraujoch to Monster biking, climbing, paragliding and a helicopter tour in Zermatt. However journey was simply one in every of his vacation thrills. He additionally visited the town of Geneva, which he explored by way of a singular operating tour in addition to on an e-tuktuk tour which took him to United Nations in addition to to the Gandhi statue to pay homage to the daddy off the nation. However being Neeraj Chopra, he capped issues off with a river rafting tour all the way down to the long-lasting Lake Geneva to see Geneva’s well-known landmark – the Jet d’eau.
As Switzerland Tourism’s ‘Friendship Ambassador’, Chopra will share his experiences within the nation to showcase it as the perfect vacation spot for open air and the perfect vacation spot for climbing, biking, comfortable and excessive journey and naturally snow sports activities, for everybody be it newbies or seasoned professionals.
“Switzerland is my favorite worldwide vacation vacation spot! It’s so lovely in every single place you look! It was nice spending time exploring the nation after the season. I additionally needed to indicate this nation to my family and friends. It was the perfect place to loosen up after a busy season for me. You are feeling refreshed wherever within the nation whether or not you might be out within the mountains and even simply strolling within the metropolis! However what bought me excited was likelihood to expertise the adventurous facet of the nation with my closest associates. I used to be thrilled to indicate them Interlaken and Zermatt that are well-known for his or her journey actions but in addition that it’s attainable to benefit from the open air in Geneva which is Switzerland’s second-largest metropolis. We tried the whole lot from canyon swing to river rafting to paragliding and skydiving amongst different actions. And naturally, it helps to know that Switzerland is the most secure place for all kinds of journey sports activities!” expressed Chopra.
“India is a vital long-haul marketplace for us! And it’s nice to have a friendship ambassador from India representing Switzerland. Neeraj is an Indian icon and a really outdoorsy individual, and he would be the good individual to showcase the sporty and out of doors facet of Switzerland in addition to enable us to advertise lesser-known sides of the nation. We sit up for working in direction of a profitable marketing campaign with him,” stated Misha Gambetta, Director -India, Switzerland Tourism.
“Switzerland Tourism sees nice potential in attracting completely different sorts of holiday makers and the out of doors section is a very attention-grabbing area from an India perspective put up Covid. An increasing number of Indians are realizing the significance of having fun with the outside and of being lively. By way of our affiliation with Neeraj Chopra, we hope to faucet into that chance. We will probably be intently working with Neeraj to advertise Switzerland via his eyes as a sportsperson who loves the outside. Switzerland has the whole lot a vacationer seems to be for throughout a vacation — contemporary air, lovely mountains, untouched nature, distinctive cities and monuments and an amazingly environment friendly public journey system however it’s also an ideal vacation spot to get pleasure from some actions in nature There are completely different ranges of climbing and biking, water sports activities and even action-packed actions like river rafting and skydiving and snow sports activities in winters, so Neeraj could have so much to select from as our Friendship Ambassador!” stated Ritu Sharma, Deputy Director of Switzerland Tourism
The athlete additionally donated his gold-winning javelin to The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland in September this 12 months. The museum based by the Worldwide Olympic Committee in 1993 showcases the richness and variety of Olympism via historical past, tradition, design, expertise, and sociology with sports activities as the primary aspect. Mary Kom’s gloves in addition to Dhyan Chand’s hockey was already part of the reveals on the Museum.