Arunachal Pradesh Bags Best Emerging Green Tourist Destination Award
Our Correspondent
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh has been awarded the Best Emerging Green Tourist Destination Award at function in ITC Maurya in New Delhi recently.
The award, conferred by Travel & Leisure magazine in recognition of their tirelessly efforts towards promoting green tourism, was received by Dia Mirza.
Mirza recounted her fond memories when she visited the Himalayan state and expressed her strong desire to visit the state once again making a mention of the sustainable tourism being promoted in that state.
“Arunachal Pradesh is one of the last “truly unexplored” destinations in the world which offer an awe-inspiring experience to the discerning tourist. The award is a boost to the efforts of tourism department in bringing prosperity to the state through sustainable tourism,” she added.
The winners were decided through an online poll by the magazine in which the readers expressed their opinion.
It may be recalled here that the state was declared winner of Best Emerging Indian Destination at Lonely Planet Travel Awards 2019' in Mumbai.
The popular Lonely Planet magazine had an online poll for travellers through which Arunachal Pradesh was voted the best Indian emerging destination for 2019 by the magazine’s readers in India.
The award was received by Kezleen Kholie on behalf of the state’s tourism department. Kholie is an image consultant and corporate trainer and is also the proprietor of ‘Brand Your Image’, a consultant firm.
However, Arunachal Pradesh was put on global tourism radar in 2013 after Lonely Planet magazine India Travel Awards adjudged it as one of the winners. Moreover, in 2018, Arunachal Tourism had bagged ‘best decorated stand (national)’ and ‘exotic destination of the year’ awards in India International Travel Mart (IITM) at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium at New Delhi.
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