Bihar

• 09 Oct 2023

Two Day Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF) 2023

Why In News? 

A two-day Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF)-2023 was organized at Gyan Bhawan, Patna on October 7-8, 2023.

Key Points:  

• In this two-day brainstorming, Bihar will be developed from the perspective of the capital of spiritual tourism. In the last session of the ceremony, Bihar Agriculture Minister Kumar Sarvjeet awarded the participants.
• Before the concluding session, a discussion was organized on the topic 'Possibilities of Spiritual Tourism: Meditation, Yoga, Health'.
• In the program, Protocol Officer of Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee, Rahul Dev told that a meditation center has been built in Bodhgaya. The first course will start in this center from this session.
• Tourism Corporation Director Nand Kishore said that Bihar is the spiritual capital. There are three important places in the world – Vatican City, Mecca and Bodh Gaya. Of these three, one is in Bihar, where tourists come from all over the world.
• The following awards were given in this program-
  • Best Print Promotional Material Award: India Tourism, Chhattisgarh Tourism and Jharkhand Tourism
  • Partner Hotel Award: Hotel Chanakya and Hotel AVR Patna
  • Transport Partner: Popular Tours
  • Group Participations Award: ABTO and TAB
  • Most Innovation and Product: Riya Travels and Tour
  • Best Decoration Award (Small Pavilion): Haryana Tourism
  • Best Decoration Award: Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited and Tamil Nadu Tourism
  • Best Decoration Award (Big Pavilion): Uttar Pradesh Tourism
  • Most Promising Destination for Adventures and Spiritual Tourism: Bihar Tourism