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Trendy Travel Trade with Food & Shop Volume VI • Issue XI • December 2019 • Pages 64 • 100/- Magh Mela 2020 Prayagraj Address: Good Wood Estate, Lower Bharari Road, Bharari Road, Shankli, Longwood, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171001 Phone:0177 265 9012 PUBLISHER'S NOTE Trendy Travel Trade with Food & Shop Volume VI • Issue XI • December 2019 • Pages 64 • Rs.100/- Editor & Publisher : Vedika Sharma Director: Babita Sharma Senior Editor : Tarsh Sharma Reporter : Parul Malhotra Consulting Editor : Pradeep Kapur Consulting Editor(West) : S K Mishra Consultant Art Director : Anita Mudgal Dear Reader, you like to dance the night away or relax Graphic Designer : Sangeeta Arya over great food and drinks with loved ones, there’s no better place for it than to Consulting Photographer : Ganesh Kapri When you will bring December issue get away from the city. of T3FS you will acknowledge about Manager Administration : Gaurav Kumar Magh Mela 2020. 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The ii. Pursuant to the Budget Announcements and Nagaland and for 29 Islands of Union Idetails are as follows: of 2018-19, this Ministry has identified 17 sites Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Improvement in India's ranking in Travel in 12 clusters in the country for development as Ministry of Tourism promotes India as & Tourism competitiveness Index is an Iconic Tourist Sites. a holistic destination and as part of its on- encouragement for tourism sector in the country. iii. The Adopt A Heritage: Apni Dharohar, going activities to promote various tourism Ministry of Tourism, Government of India Apni Pehchaan, a collaborative effort by destinations and products in the different States has taken several steps for creation of tourism Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and and Union Territories of the country including infrastructure in the country so as to attract more Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), State/ the State of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh tourists, which inter-alia include: UTs Governments, envisages developing and Tripura. In addition to advertisement, i. Launch of two flagship schemes: Swadesh heritage sites and making them tourist friendly, promotions are also undertaken through Darshan - Integrated Development of Theme- to enhance tourism potential and cultural the website and Social Media accounts of Based Tourist Circuits and PRASHAD- importance in a planned