Odisha
Tourism has bagged the Best Tourism Festival Destination Award at a
prestigious award ceremony of International Tourism Conclave & Travel Award
(ITCTA) held at East Bourne Resorts & Spa in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. OTDC
chairman Dr Jyotiskar Mohapatra and general manager Sri Manoranjan Patnaik
jointly received the award on behalf of Odisha Tourism from Himachal Pradesh
chief minister Prof Prem Kumar
Dhumal. Odisha Tourism has been playing a significant role to showcase the
rich cultural and religious heritage through classical and folk music and dance.
Odisha got this recognition as the best Tourism Festival Destination Award for
its innovative and cultural activities during the past few years.
The rich cultural heritage of Odisha has been show-cased through its
colourful festivals like: (1) International Sand Art Festival, (2) International
Surfing Festival, (3) International Odissi Festival, (4) Gotipua Dance Festival,
(5) Konark Festival, (6) Toshali National Crafts Mela, (7) Dhauli-Kalinga
Mahotsav, (8) Mukteswar Dance Festival, (9) Rajarani Music Festival and (10)
Choreography Festival of Dance (Samrachana).
For the first time in the country Odisha Tourism organized the International
Sand Art Festival and International Surfing Festival.
In addition to this, they also organized the Guinness record event with 518
Odissi dancers performing together for 28 minutes. Furthermore, the state also
saw an unique jugalbandi of US 3D chalk artist and Sudarshan Pattnaik and other
international sand artists.
The award ceremony of ITCTA, that promotes tourism by undertaking promotional
and publicity activities, also gave away awards to other states including
Himachal Pradesh, Gujurat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and
Maharashtra. Meanwhile, international awards in different fields were given to
Mauritius
Tourism Promotion Authority, China Tourism, etc.
Source:-The Times of India
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