MP wins Best State tourism award

Madhya Pradesh won the Safari India South Asia Travel Award as the Best State for Pilgrimage Tourism at a glittering ceremony held at the Ashok Hotel in New Delhi. The award was received by Ashwani lohani, MD and Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department Corporation.

Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation was the Chief Guest and RV Deshpande, Minister of Karnataka Tourism, Dilip Parulekar, Minister of Goa Tourism, Ashwani lohani MD and Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department Corporation,  Madan Prasad Bezbaruah,

Representative (Asia) ,UNWTO and Sagar Ahluwalia, Secretary General, Pacific Area Travel Writer Association (PATWA), Prem Ahluwalia, Editor, Safari India and a large number of media, travel agents, hoteliers, diplomats were also present.

 “Travel advisories issued by different countries in the wake of incidents of rape in India could be driven by ‘some business strategies’ of those competing with India as a tourist destination. There are international agencies working against the interest of India. They push an advisory at their country level as if a plague has happened in the country or some viral disease has spread and people would come with big masks or something,” said Mahesh Sharma.