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 on Friday.
The 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 or promotion and overseas marketing, use of information technology for tourism among others.
Among the important recipients of awards include the State of Gujarat for the Best State or UT for Comprehensive Tourism Development; Heritage City Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh as the Best Heritage City; Municipal Council of Maheshwar (Dist Khargone) in Madhya Pradesh for Best Civic Management of a Tourist Destination in B Category.
Gujarat has been awarded as the Best Film Promotion Friendly State or UT while Dept of Tourism, Kerala received the award for Most Innovative use of Information technology.
‘The Great backwaters of Kerala’ by Kerala Tourism has been awarded the Best Tourism Film while the Coffee Table Book ‘Gujarat’s 50 Golden Destinations’ by Tourism Corporation of Gujarat ltd got the award of Best Tourism Promotion Publicity material.
Representatives of Tourism Departments of States or Union Territories, travel and tour operators, hotels, travel agents, tourist transport operators, and officials of the Ministry of Tourism were present at the awards function .