New Delhi, October 3: With the objective of reinforcing the principle of 'Tourism for All', the Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar and Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the nationwide 'Paryatan Parv 2019' in the presence of the Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel yesterday in New Delhi. It is going to be held from October 2 to 13 across the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Prakash Javadekar said that India is full of diversity and it makes India different and unique in comparison to rest of the world. He also said that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, growth of tourism sector has been phenomenal over the last five years.
Prakash Javadekar further added that as per appeal of our Prime Minister, everybody should visit 15 places of India by 2022. He appreciated the work of Tourism Ministry regarding development of tourism sector in the country.
The paryatan Parv has 31 stalls of Central government ministries as well as from States and Union Territories. 59 food stalls representing cuisines from all over the country have also been setup. The idea of Paryatan Parv is to propagate the message of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’, with the objective to encourage Indians to visit various tourist destinations of the country and also to spread the message of ‘Tourism for All’.