Madhya Pradesh bags one more National Award for best Tourism

NewsBharati 26-Oct-2017

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Bhopal, October 26: Madhya Pradesh received one more prestigious national award in tourism field. State Tourism was chosen for best participation and organising different activities during 'Paryatan Parva' across the country by Tourism Department of the Government of India.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave away this prestigious award to secretary to Chief Minister and tourism, Hari Ranjan Rao in New Delhi Yesterday evening. Noteworthy is that as per the scheduled announced by Tourism Ministry of the Government of India, Paryatan Parva was celebrated between October 5 and 25 across the country.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan instructed district collectors to hold different activities during 'Paryatan Parva' through video conference. Prestigious Jal-Mahotsav was inaugurated in Hanumantia during 'Paryatan Parva' in Madhya Pradesh.

The state was also conferred awards for turning Amarkantak a disabled-friendly state, for holding the best 'Heritage Walks' and for launching the most innovative tourism project. Ujjain railway station won the award for excellence for turning the station into a tourist-friendly station.

MP also became the first state to win the 'Hall of Fame' award which is given to the states who receive the national tourism award for three years. This year, the state won 10 awards Most Innovative Tourist Advertisement for Jal Mahotsav, Chanderi was awarded the Best Heritage City, among others.

Madhya Pradesh Tourism Paryatan Parva MP Tourism Tourism Award National Award Shivraj Singh Hari Ranjan Rao