'Mandu' honored with Best Heritage Destination Award | 26 Aug 2022

Why In News?

• The famous tourist destination of Madhya Pradesh 'Mandu' has been awarded the Outlook Traveler Jury Award for Best Heritage Destination at the 19th Annual Outlook Traveler Awards ceremony held in New Delhi on August 24, 2022.

Key Points

• Union Minister of Culture and Tourism The Outlook Traveller Awards were given in the presence of Kishan Reddy. Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Corporation S. Viswanathan received the award.
• This year marks the 19thyear of the awards. At the same time, the theme of the Summit of the Outlook Group this year is 'Third Era of Travel'.
• The award this year was decided on the basis of a travel survey by a research agency and scrutiny of responses by jury members.