Dinesh Dhanai, State Tourism Minister, held a meeting on Thursday at the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board headquarters to discuss about how to make the World Tourism Day attractive. The Minister said the theme of the World Tourism Day would be ‘Tourism and Community Development’. The event will be celebrated involving the common people, other stake holders of the tourism business, hotel associations, investors, and the Government and non-government agencies that have interests and stakes in tourism.
Keeping in mind the emotional attachment of the people with Uttarakhand Tourism, he invited views and suggestions from the people across the board to develop tourist places across the state to mark the World Tourism Day. The best view and suggestion will be displayed in the upcoming one- day programme, he added.
They are trying to ensure the presence of the Chief Minister, Harish Rawat in the inauguration ceremony, the minister said.
This aside, the two- day programme to be held on 9 and 10 October 2014 at Tehri figured in the meeting. The Union tourism minister, Shripad Naik is likely to preside over as the chief guest.
Para gliding, parachute jumping, rafting, hot air balloon ride , laser show and water sports will be a part of the upcoming event to be performed by experts from the fields and officials from the Indian Air Force. During the meeting Tourism secretary Umakant Panwar,
additional secretary Tourism, Shailesh Bagauli, additional director Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board AK Dwivedi, joint director UTDB Ram Chander Bhardwaj and its deputy director VS Chauhan were also present along with other officials.