Gandhinagar, Friday: With recently announced new concepts like
Heritage Tourism Policy and Rural Home-stay Policy, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay
Rupani here today expressed his resolve to let Gujarat Tourism blossom into
multifaceted kaleidoscope of 16-phase
artistic Service Sector.
Speaking at a webinar to
mark the Gujarat Travel and Tourism Excellence Award-2020 organised by Gujarat Tourism Corporation
on the eve of World Tourism Day on September 27, he said that Gujarat has a
wide range tourists spots – archaeological
and heritage sites to natural beauties like vast expenses of white Rann of
Kutch.
The state government is
committed to promote and popularise these sites into the global tourism map.
Mr. Rupani listed the Statue of Unity, Mahatma
Gandhi’s birthplace Porbandar, Gandhi Museum at
Rajkot, National Salt Museum at the Dandi beach, Dandi Kutir at Gandhinagar,
Uparkot, Rani-ki-Vav,
Adalaj Vav, Modhera Sun Temple, Dwarka, Somnath, Buddhist Tourism Circuit as
some of the best tourism sites and destinations for globe-trotters.
Even as the tourism and
travel sectors are the most hit due to global pandemic novel coronavirus COVID-19, Mr. Rupani said that Gujarat Tourism has adopted
a policy to come out of the transition, to survive and yet make it vibrant,
maintaining the adage of ‘Jaan Hai
To Jahan Hai’.
This sector has been given
a new look to attract tourists as well as provide employment to more youth in
rural and remote areas.
The Chief Minister also
launched the novel and modern website with a new campaign ‘Bano Savaya Gujarati’. He complimented the award winners and thanked
the hotel and tour operators, jury members and others for making the event a
success.
Tourism Minister
Jawaharbhai Chavda and Minister of State Vasanbhai Ahir also spoke on the
occasion.
Tourism Secretary Mamta
Verma presented the ‘Best Landscaping Tourist Place’ Award, which the Statue of Unity won, to the
Chief Minister.
The award winners are: Best Five Star Category Hotel (1) Hyatt
Regency, Ahmedabad and (2) Marriott,
Surat.
Best Heritage Hotel: (1) Khirasara
Palace, Rajkot:
(2) Balaram Palace Resort, Banaskantha. Best Inbound Tour Operator: (1) Harsh
Travels, Ahmedabad, (2) Garha
Tour and Travel, Ahmedabad. Leading
Tourism Initiative by District: Akshayavati
Riverfront to Narmada District. Special
Contribution to Tour-Travel-Tourism Sector: Mahendrasinh Mikewala.
Those present on the
occasion included Union Government Tourism Secretary and Additional Secretary,
Ms Jyotsna Suri of FICCI, Jury members P.K. Laheri,
Vinod Zutsi, Nasir Rafiq and leading hoteliers, tour and travel operators.
Gujarat Tourism Corporation
MD Jenu Devan proposed a vote of thanks.
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