Patel attends the session on ‘Making Khajuraho–as Iconic Tourist Destination’
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The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, is organizing ‘Meet in India’, a MICE roadshow at ‘Maharaja Chhatrasal Convention Centre’, Khajuraho from the 25th to 27th March, 2021
The welcome ceremony of the event was held on 26th March, 2021; during which Amresh Tiwari, Vice Chairman of ‘India Convention Promotion Bureau’ (ICPB) made a presentation on the future of MICE Industry in the country followed by another presentation by Sonia Meena, Addl. Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board.
In his keynote address, Ashwani Lohani, CEO, GMR Group said that Madhya Pradesh is the heartland of India and has immense potential to attract tourists. He also threw light on the changes happening in tourism post Covid. Arvind Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, said that the Ministry of Tourism is eager to create hand holdings between different stakeholders and act as a catalyst to develop tourism in the country.
The second session of the day was held on ‘Making Khajuraho – as Iconic Tourist Destination’ during which a detailed presentation on the master plan of Khajuraho was made by Shri Jay Kaktikar, Partner, Design Associates. The Minister (Tourism & Culture) saw the presentation and deliberated the same in detail. Thereafter, various local stakeholders and local media also presented their views on development aspects of Khajuraho and gave their feedback and comments on the Master Plan of Khajuraho.
Various aspects to develop and promote Khajuraho as an Iconic Destination covering cultural, natural and heritage offerings of the destinations and surrounding attractions were also discussed.
The session was attended by Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister (Tourism and Culture), GoI; Arvind Singh, Secretary (Tourism), GoI; Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Principal Secretary (Tourism & Culture), Government of Madhya Pradesh; Abinash Manghani, CEO, Welcome Heritage; Navina Jafa, Cultural Techno Crat; G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, ITD and Shri Pranab Sarkar. The session was moderated by Gaurav Taneja, Senior Partner & Leader from Ernst & Young.