Tea Gardens are the prime fascination for the tourists going to Palampur. Owing to the inconceivable tea gardens of the city, Palampur is famously known as 'Tea Capital of Northwest India'. Spread over acres of area, these thriving tea gardens are a wellspring of work for a larger part of local people of the district. Tea estate was started amidst the nineteenth century by Dr. Jameson, the Administrator of the Organic Enclosures in the North-West Boondocks Area, in the district.