Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Dec 01: Engineered pictures of prominent tourist destinations published in a popular magazine left islanders appalled recently. Andaman Sheekha readers pointed out how the joy of noticing a feature story in Gladrags magazine of GoAir Airlines on the picturesque Andaman and Nicobar Islands turned short-lived after they discovered photographs carried along with the feature bear no resemblance to the tourist destinations in these islands.
“During a recent trip to Kolkata on board Go Air airlines, I was excited to see a feature on Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the
magazine, Gladrags. But after turning through the pages of the cover page article, I was shocked to see pictures of other South Asian countries published along with the feature story on Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” pointed out an Islander.
She added that photograph carried along with certain information on Ross Island was a place in Thailand. Similarly, pictures carried in the name of Colinpur Beach, Carbyn’s cove or Baratang were also contrived.
“Andamans don’t need fake pictures to garner attention and journalists covering Andaman should atleast Google efficiently to present the true picture of these islands. This maybe a non issue to many, but I was irked enough to write a post on it,” says the reader in the post while many others who have also seen the article seconded.
However, it is still now clear whether the article on the Gladrags was a feature article or an Advertorial (Paid article by Andaman Tourism) but in any case such Engineered pictures are not good for Andaman Tourism.
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