Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the third MP Travel Mart at Hotel Ashoka lake View on Saturday, October 15 at 9 am. Chouhan will distribute awards to winners at the first MP Tourism Award distribution ceremony to be held on the occasion.
Total 39 awards will be given in 22 categories. Chouhan will dedicate two newly constructed units of Tourism Development Corporation at Madai and Delawari through remote control.
Minister of state for tourism (independent charge), agriculture and farmer welfare Surendra Patwa and chairman of State Tourism Development Corporation Tapan Bhaumik will present on the occasion. Delegates from the country and abroad, representatives of tourism, travel and tour operators associations are expected to attend it. Important discussion will be held in the travel mart on prospects of tourism industry, increase in number of tourists, promotion of investment in tourism and promotion of inter-regional tourism, hotels and hospitality.
Exhibition on tourism will be major attraction in the mart. There will be stalls of Madhya Pradesh tourism and other states' tourism development corporations and agencies related with tourism industry.
In the mart, a presentation will be made on prospects of tourism in Madhya Pradesh and efforts taken in this regard. Useful discussion will be held on wider possibilities of tourism sector in the travel mart.
Participation in tourism sector in state will be displayed through a presentation based on cultural heritage of Madhya Pradesh, heritage tourism, wildlife first time on webinar. Delegates and representatives of Indian Association of Tour Operators, Travel Agents Association of India, Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association and Adventure Tour Operators Association will participate in the mart.