Goa Tourism bags prestigious India Travel Awards-West as the Best Beach Destination

Panjim, Oct 19: The second edition of the West India Travel Awards celebrated the achievements of those behind the success of travel and tourism industry where Goa Tourism walked away with top honors of being the Best Beach Destination.

Shri. Dilip Parulekar, Hon’ble Minister for Tourism, Govt of Goa was the Chief Guest and Mr. Nikhil Desai, Managing Director GTDC was the guest of honour at the glitzy glittering award ceremony held recently at the Grand Mercure Goa Shrem Resort.

Dr. Tanushree Pandey- Mrs. Gladrags India 2015 and Mr. SanJeet, Publisher & Director- DDP Publications graced the occasion.

Goa Tourism received the prestigious West India Travel Award as the Best Beach Destination.

The award was presented to the Hon’ble Minister for Tourism, Shri. Dilip Parulekar.

The India Travel Awards are divided region wise and recognition is given to the industry stalwarts from the respective region – South, West, East and North.

The awards were a great success in all regions in their first edition in the year 2014 and a big hit in 2015 held here in Goa. The black-tie event was attended by more than 120 guests from Tourism and Media industry.

Hon’ble Tourism Minister Shri Dilip Parulekar said, “ Goa Tourism gets one more feather in its cap on being awarded the Best Beach Destination at the West India Travel Awards. The credit goes to all the efforts put in by the Goa government through the tourism ministry which has taken on the task of beautifying beaches of Goa and making it clean and attractive for visiting tourists.

Our Comprehensive Beach Cleaning Management Plan introduced a year ago has started showing good results and we are able to tackle the issues of garbage on the beaches with much success. The Whatsapp Clean Beach Campaign and the soon to come Green Warrior’s Campaign will further spruce up the beaches and add more impetus on beach tourism along with all its attractions and facilities.”

The PRO – Goa Tourism Development Corporation, Shri. Deepak Narvekar was also present at the award ceremony along with other officials and dignitaries from other tourism destinations and stakeholders.

The India Travel Awards is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India and is now hailed as one of the most esteemed awards in the tourism industry of India. These awards are also braced by esteemed trade bodies like Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI), Outbound Tour Operators Association of India (OTOAI). Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) IATA Agents Association of India (IAAI)

India Travel Awards runs and governs a comprehensive programme across a range of awards developed to recognize the industry’s most vital sectors and product offerings.

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