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MoT round-up: promotion of tourism in northern region

Following is a brief of few of the activities undertaken by Ministry of Tourism (MoT) for promotion of tourism in the northern region.

Celebration of International Women’s Day

India Tourism Delhi celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021 with eight women bloggers at army-themed park at Manesar. The park has lots of activities for adults and kids.

Speaking during the occasion, Regional DirectorAnil Oraw emphasized on the role of women in nation-building. He motivated the bloggers to promote lesser-known places of tourist interest. The entire event was filled with various hard-core activities and all the bloggers participated with full zeal.  

Tourism stakeholders meet in Agra

India Tourism Agra organized tourism stakeholders meet in the city on March 6, 2021. Regional Director North, Director IT Agra, Principal IHM Gwalior, President, ATAA, President Agra Tourism Guild, President Agra Hotel Association participated in the meet. More than 60 stakeholders attended the meet. An action plan is being developed to promote Agra in collaboration of stakeholders. Lt Col Harshvir Singh, Officer Commanding Military Police proposed to develop adventure activities in Agra.

Promotion of IITFC Program in Jammu

India Tourism Delhi, along with Food Craft Institute (FCI) Jammu organized an awareness programme among the students of  FCI, Jammu on March 9, 2021. The Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) Programme aims to create an online platform to provide training and certification to new age tourist facilitators available Anytime, Anywhere, Any device and Self-paced. 

Enabling Indian citizens to develop and enhance the skills associated with tourism, this is a digital initiative where one can incorporate knowledge about facilitating tourists across the country. Approximately, 60 students from FCI, Principal of FCI Jammu, Assistant Director India Tourism, Delhi attended the programme.

Travel trade meet in Punjab

India Tourism Delhi in association with Gujarat Tourism organized travel trade meets in Chandigarh and Amritsar on 6th and 7th March, 2021 respectively. The theme of the meeting was promotion of Gujarat and its iconic new tourism product, Statue of Unity. 

More than 60 stakeholders attended the event. Officers from the Gujarat tourism made a presentation on Statue of Unity. The officer from the India Tourism Office Delhi, Awanish Mishra explained various schemes of the Ministry of Tourism to the stakeholders. He also urged the stakeholders to apply for recognition of the Ministry for standardization of service offered by them and to avail benefits offered by the Ministry to the industry for promotion of Tourism in the country.   

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