India bags award of excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at New York Times Travel Show 2019

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New Delhi : India received the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show’ at the recently concluded New York Times Travel Show 2019, the largest travel show in North America, held from January 25 to January 27, 2019, in New York, USA.

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, participated as the ‘ Presenting Partner’ in the New York Times Travel Show (NYTTS 2019) organised at Jacob K Javits Centre, New York, with a view to scaling up its tourism promotional efforts in the US, enhance India’s visibility and to increase its share of US Outbound travel market.

A high level delegation led by Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, and a number of stakeholders from India’s tourism industry participated at the show. A number of India centric activities were organised at the show including ‘Focus on India’ and Consumer Seminars, Indian cultural performances, Indian Culinary Demonstration, Food tasting, etc.

The Tourism Secretary also interacted with a number of leading travel professionals from the US at the Trade Key Note Session during the show and sought their continued support in positioning India in the US. India was honoured during the Closing Bell Ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange, according to a PIB release.