Team News Riveting
Raipur, September 27
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Board (IRCTC) will accelerate the tourism sector in Chhattisgarh endowed with high potential for eco-tourism.
The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) and IRCTC today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost the tourism industry in the state. The deal was inked in presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at the Tourism Conclave organised on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Under the MoU, IRCTC will promote the tourist places of Chhattisgarh through its social media platform, which will attract tourists from all the states of India to Chhattisgarh.
IRCTC is a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. IRCTC was incorporated on 27th September, 1999 as an extended arm of the Indian Railways to upgrade, professionalize and manage the catering and hospitality services at stations, on trains and other locations and to promote domestic and international tourism through development of budget hotels, special tour packages, information & commercial publicity and global reservation systems.
The CTB and IRCTC shall endeavour to take necessary steps to encourage and promote strategic and technical cooperation in the Indian hospitality and tourism sector for overall benefit in the identified areas through the MoU.
Chhattisgarh government has however taken a slew of measures to promote tourism sector in the state. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s ambitious Ram Van Gaman Marg project that maps Lord Rama’s movement after exile is emerging as a prominent tourist destination. The CTB is also privatising its properties located across the state to offer best hospitality.
