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Goa Tourism bags Destination Leadership Award

G  oa Tourism  has  received an honour  at the sixth edition of the WTTCII- Hotelivate State Ranking  Survey 2019 having bagged the Destination Leadership Award 2019- State with the overall best performance in 2019.

The official release of the 2019 India State Ranking Survey took place recently at The Lalit, New Delhi. The sixth edition of the WTTCII-Hotelivate, State Ranking Survey 2019 was launched in the presence of Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, and other dignitaries. On the occasion of the launch, and based on the findings of the 2019 report, WTTCII and Hotelivate also hosted an award ceremony to felicitate the best-performing states. 

This is a one of a kind event, where the private sector comes together, to laud and acknowledge the Governments at the States and Union Territories, for their contribution to Tourism. 

Deepak Narvekar, senior manager marketing, Goa Tourism Development Corporation accepted the prestigious award on behalf of Goa Tourism at the hands of Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture in the presence of Manav Thadani, founder chairman, Hotelivate, Ajay Singh, chairman, WTTCII and chairman and managing director, SpiceJet, and other dignitaries.

On receiving the Destination Leadership Award , Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Tourism, Goa, Manohar Ajgaonkar said, “It is truly an honor  for Goa to receive  such a prestigious award. I am extremely happy that  Goa  is bagging several prestigious  awards in different  sphere’s of tourism be  it for  its  facets,  infrastructure development and comprehensive tourism development.  I thank  Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, for  his wholehearted support to the tourism industry in the State. This award which comes at the close of yet another year will motivate us to work harder in 2020.”

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Pondering over protests

For the past many years, India as well as Goa have been witnessing a number of street protests over various issues. Some of them have been successful while some have not. As times change, other means of voicing disagreement such as filing petitions in the court, and conducting awareness campaigns using films or social media have also come into play. Often, it is seen that protests turn violent as peaceful way is perceived to be ineffective by some elements within the protestors. Noting the rather mixed rate of success for street protests, TG Life seeks to find out whether street protests have an impact on society and state.

The Goan Network
Published Dec 16, 2019, 6:55 PM IST
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Some recent protests that were successful  Jalikattu protests: A few years ago, the Supreme Court put a ban on the traditional bull-taming sport Jallikattu after years of complaints about animal cruelty by PETA, the ban was not accepted by the people of Tamil Nadu. The protestors said the sport is central to their cultural identity. The protest turned violent when police tried to evict the protestors. Around 2,00,000 people came out on the street near Chennai’s…

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