Darjeeling, May 19: Tourists will be treated to more than just the view of the Kanchenjunga from Tiger Hill from the next season.

Waking up to the potential of heritage tourism, key players of the industry are chalking out campaign strategies and digging into the past to give visitors an insight into the forgotten legacy of the hills.

From the oldest hydel station in the country at Sidrapong to Step Aside, the house where Desbandhu Chittaranjan Das breathed his last, tourists will be called to tread the road to rediscovery.

“We have started doing the groundwork to attract visitors to these places,” said Dinesh Sharma, the general manager of Fortune Resort Central, part of the Welcom group.

St Andrew’s Church, built in 1843, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Research Station, where the scientist carried out research and experiments and the adjoining museum will also form part of the travel itinerary.

Fortune Central has already begun correspondence with travel agents like Thomas Cook and Sita Holidays in a bid to woo tourists interested in heritage sites.

“If heritage sites are properly marketed, visitors will not hesitate to extend their stay in Darjeeling and that will work wonders for the economy of the place,” said Sharma.

“There are so many places which are falling to pieces in and around Darjeeling. Even the place in Mungpoo where Rabindranath Tagore spent time writing poetry has not been highlighted as a tourist destination,” said Sharma.

“Then there is the Old Cemetery, where Dr Campbell, the founder of Darjeeling, and other personalities are buried. Even the Lloyd Botanical Garden, one of the best in Asia, established in 1878, has not been given its due,” he added.