International Tourism Mart begins in Guwahati
GUWAHATI, Jan 18: The three-day long (from January 18 to 20) International Tourism Mart got off to a start here on Friday. While the event began on Friday, the formal inauguration would be done on Saturday morning by Assam Governor JB Patnaik and Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Tourism K Chiranjeevi.
“This is the first event of its kind in the country. The main purpose of the event is to project the northeastern region, an unexplored paradise, before the rest of the world,” Union Tourism Secretary Parvez Dewan told reporters here.
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