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India is full of diversity and it makes India different and unique in comparison to rest of the world, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar recently said. He said as per appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi everyone should visit 15 places of India by 2022/ he appreciated the work of Tourism Ministry regarding development of tourism sector in the country.
Mr. Javadekar said this after inaugurating nationwide: “Paryatan Parv 2019” along with Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Praqdhan. Union Tourism Minister and Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel was also present on the occasion.
The festival was inaugurated with fanfare amongst the beating of drums and cultural performances.
Organized by the Ministry of Tourism, the Paryatan Parv 2019 will be held from October 2 to 13 across the country. The Delhi leg of the Parv is being held from October 2 to 6 at Rajpath lawns between Rafi Marg and Janpath.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Pradhan said the country has been bestowed with thousands of tourist attractions, spread in almost every district. He called upon the countrymen and the foreign tourists to move into the countryside and visit the less explored places which have historical, cultural or religious significance, or just to visit the places with scenic beauty.
He complimented the ministry of tourism for organizing such events and undertaking the promotional efforts which has led to 1.5 times jump in the number of foreign visitors in last five years.
He said tourism in the country provides substantial employment opportunities and contributes much to the national GDP.
He said organizing such festivals provides opportunity and exposure to common man to experience and appreciate the cultural and other types of varieties in the country. This also binds and unites the people, the Minister said.
Mr. Patel expressed happiness that the inauguration of the Paryatan Parv is coinciding with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi.
“To understand soul of the country, the Father of the Nation toured throughout the country and we can come close to our culture and people by the medium of tourism,” the Tourism Minister elaborated.
He said the Prime Minister is Brand Ambassador of the country and due to his efforts tourism has shown a tremendous growth over the five years. In fact, the world tourism ranking of the country has jumped from 65 in 2013 to 34 in 2019, he explained.
Mr. Patel assured that as outlined by the Prime Minister, the doubling of number of tourists will be achieved much before the set target of 2022.
The Paryatan Parv has 31 stalls of Central government ministries as well as from states and UTs. Around 59 food stalls representing cuisines from all over the country have also been set up.
The idea of Paryatan Parv is to propagate the message of “Dekho Apna Desh”, with the objective to encourage Indians to visit various tourist destinations of the country and also to spread the message of “Tourism for All”. A multimedia exhibition organized by Bureau of Outreach Communication of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi was also inaugurated by the three Ministers.
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