Panaji, June 28- Goa Tourism is honoured with two ET Travel World awards which were presented yesterday at a glittering function in New Delhi. Goa Tourism bagged these two prestigious awards in two different categories. Awards were received by Shri. Rohan Khaunte, Hon. Minister for Tourism & IT, Govt. of Goa, on behalf of Goa Tourism.
Goa Tourism was awarded with
1) Best MICE Destination of the year in India
2) Best Festival organiser of the Year (cultural & state events)
The above ET Tourism Awards were accepted by Shri. Rohan Khaunte, Hon. Minister for Tourism & IT, Govt. of Goa. While interacting with media, Shri. Rohan Khaunte, Hon. Minister for Tourism & IT, said that Goa Tourism has embarked on a remarkable journey to make Goa a premiere tourism destination in India. He said, our focus is to promote Goa as best wedding as well as events & festival destination of the world. He added saying, such prestigious awards recognise the hard work and gives encouragement to deliver much better.
TM Khaunte, praised the dedication and efforts of team of Goa Tourism, who’s tireless work have paved way for Tourism Department to bag these awards. He said, such recognition will always inspire upon to excel in this field. He ensured that, Goa tourism will always dedicatedly work for providing development of basic amenities and world class infrastructure for the tourists. We need sustainable as well as responsible Tourism in State, Minister added further.
Minister complimented all the Tourism stakeholders saying without their cooperation and support this would have not been simply possible. Their whole hearted support is an inspiration to work with dedication he said. Minister Khaunte also thanked Hon PM Shri. Narendra Modi , Hon Union Tourism Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy, Hon MoS Tourism Shri. Shripad Naik and Shri. Ajay Bhatt and Hon Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant for their kind support and mentioned that without their encouragement this remarkable achievement was not possible.
