The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will soon open a pharmacy store in the integrated terminal of the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur.
A licence would soon be granted for running of the pharmacy store for a period of five years. The medicines in the store would be sold at the same rate as sold in the market in the city, officials stated. The Pharmacy store would be of great convenience for the passengers arriving in the airport.
Incidentally, the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur has bagged the National Tourism Awards 2013-14 in the Airports category. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Tourism Awards 2013-14 at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi recently.
National Tourism Awards are given in several categories including Comprehensive Development of Tourism, Best Rural Tourism Project, Best Heritage City, Best Hotels, Awards to Inbound Tour Operators and Travel Agents for their outstanding work, awards in the field of publicity/promotion and overseas marketing, use of information technology for tourism among others.