Jharkhand Tourism participated at the 40th Anniversary of the Pacific Asia Travel Association Travel Mart Show 2017, (PATA) for the first time today.The show opened on September14 -15 at The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macao.
“To further attract international tourist to the State and especially to promote Itkhori, this event was an ideal platform for us to showcase the State of Jharkhand which is blessed with immense bio-diversity, moderate climate, rich culture and historical heritage, religious places of worship and ethnic aspects to make the state an ultimate destination for tourist” said Tourism Secretary Rahul Sharma.
The central theme of the Jharkhand Tourism stand was the promotion on Itkhori where magical remnants of lord Buddha’s relics dated back from 200 BC to 1200AD. Itkhori, a block headquarters with Chatra district and lies north of Hazaribagh. It’s a place with abundance of historic reminiscences and archaeological remnants demonstrating a breath-taking saga of religious tolerance and cultural unity.
With an aim to attract more tourists, the state tourism department has drafted several plans to promote heritage tourism, rural tourism, mining tourism, religious tourism and eco-tourism. Another plan entails developing an eco-circuit connecting places of natural beauty within a radius of 250 km at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore.