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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE

Madhya Pradesh Travel Mart 2016

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh with Surendra Patwa, Minister of State for Tourism & Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh and Tapan Bhoumik, Chairman, MPSTDC inaugurating the MP Travel Mart 2016.

The three day M. P. Travel Mart, 2016, was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on

October 15, 2016, at 9.00 a. m. Shri Chouhan distributed awards to winners under the M. P. State Tourism Awards Distribution programme. A total of 30 awards were given in 22 categories. These awards are given in order to promote excellence in the Madhya Pradesh Tourism sector. Minister of State for Tourism and Culture( Independent Charge) and Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare, Shri Surendra Patwa and Chairman of State Tourism Development Corporation, Shri Tapan Bhoumik, were also present on the occasion.
Around 70 hosted buyers from 28 countries, 175 domestic buyers from 54 Indian cities and a total of 61 Exhibitors, out of which 50 Sellers / Exhibitors being from Madhya Pradesh, took part in the third edition of M. P. Travel Mart. Presidents of major National Travel Trade Associations like IATO, ADTOI, ATOAI and ITTA also attended the Mart.
A platform was provided for setting up meetings amongst the attendees and more than 1900 such business meetings took place in the two days of the Travel Mart.
A special Training and Development programme was conducted for the sellers and the sales team of MP Tourism to prepare them for handling the Hosted Buyer meeting experience and to make the overall engagement with the attendees more effective.
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