The Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management here celebrated the World Tourism Day in its campus on Monday by launching the first edition of the World Tourism Day Awards 2020.
The awards launched by the IITTM, Bhubaneswar, provides an opportunity to showcase and promote, encourage and reward tourism excellence. It also recognizes outstanding contributions in different areas of community and society.
Nodal Officer, Dr Md S Hussain elaborated the significance of the occasion and deliberated upon the theme of the World Tourism Day: “Tourism and Rural Development". Chief guest Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra Odissi Foundation CEO Dr Sangita Gosain spoke about the huge untapped tourism potential of Odisha.
The awards in different fields were bestowed on Anil Dhir for promotion of the culture and heritage, Alok Kumar Maharana for tourism development, Diana Sahu for media and journalism, Khalilur Raheman Khan for social service, Dr B Swajan for academics and Pravati Pattnaik for allied work.
