To commemorate World Tourism Day, Thomas Cook (India) has announced the launch of the Thomas Cook Travel Quest – India’s first national travel quiz for school students. The Quest’s aim is to serve 1200 schools across 16 cities in India and enthuse their students.
The contest is open to school students across India from classes six to nine, with a six month extensive outreach starting in mid October 2014, across Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Pune, Ahmedabad, Indore, Dehradun, Kolkata, Raipur and Bhubaneshwar. A written qualifying test will be held across the 1200 schools, followed by qualifiers to determine City, State, Zonal and eventually National winners. The four zonal winners will contest for the title prize at the grand finale, which will be held in Mumbai during Q1 2015.
Madhavan Menon, Managing Director, Thomas Cook (India) said, “We are delighted to announce the launch of Thomas Cook’s Travel Quest, a first of its kind initiative for young Indians via our partnership with Greycaps. Experiential learning is the need for today’s young minds and travel is indeed the best teacher. Our Travel Quiz platform – Travel Quest, is our contribution to encouraging schools and young Indians to look beyond the classroom and conventional methods of learning. For us at Thomas Cook India, the Thomas Cook Travel Quest is a strategic pioneering initiative that serves to nurture the passion for travel & learning of India’s next generation – its young explorers.”
For this unique initiative, Thomas Cook India has partnered with stage quizzing and knowledge services company Greycaps India. Giri Pickbrain, Quizmaster, Greycaps India said, “In an era when the need of the hour is to equip children to be globally savvy and prepared, Thomas Cook‘s Travel Quest Travel Quiz provides a wonderful opportunity and platform for schools to widen the knowledge horizons of Young Indians.”
