Delhi Tourism facilitates Mughal Garden visits via app

The app offers unique ways to discover Delhi, including helping tourists plan a city tour--from half a day to six days. It also provides directions to a tourist attraction via Google Maps, its operational days and timings and even lists nearest public and paid toilet facilities.

Delhi government’s mobile app “Dekho Meri Dilli” can now be used to book a visit to Mughal Garden, which is opening to visitors from Monday, and other major tourist spots, said Swati Sharma, MD, Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation.

Pansy flowers in full bloom at Mughal Gardens, Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Ajay Aggarwal /HT PHOTO.)

She said the app will provide users with a link to the Mughal Garden ticketing site and help them with details such as how to reach the area and what facilities are available nearby.

The app was launched by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on September 27 last year. “Dekho Meri Dilli” recently added details of the biodiversity parks developed and maintained by Delhi Development Authority and the Bharat Darshan Park developed by South Delhi Municipal Corporation to give users a holistic experience of Delhi, officials said.

According to officials, the app offers unique ways to discover Delhi, including helping tourists plan a city tour--from half a day to six days. It also provides directions to a tourist attraction via Google Maps, its operational days and timings and even lists nearest public and paid toilet facilities.

Officials said the tourism department designed the mobile application to facilitate tourists to stay longer in the Capital by providing them all information on one reliable platform. According to official data, tourists visiting Delhi currently stay for an average of 1.5 days, and the Delhi government aims to increase the stay to about 2.5 days.