The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) will mark World Tourism Day with celebrations on September 26 and 27.
World Tourism Day, celebrated on September 27 by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation ( UNWTO), has the theme of 'Tourism and Water: Protecting Our Common Future' this year. "The tourism corporation will emphasise this theme," said Aurangabad MTDC regional senior officer Chandrashekhar Jaiswal.
"The aim is to stress the importance of water planning for sustainable management and green growth in the tourism sector. We will also focus on women safety measures at tourist sites," he said.
He said various programmes had been organised to mark the occasion. "On September 26, we will honour 10 people as 'tourists' friends' at the hands of commissioner of police Sanjay Kumar and superintendent of police, Aurangabad rural, Ishu Sindhu. The event will start at 12.30 pm at the MTDC office."
Aurangabad "tourists' friends" are people who have been in direct contact with tourists for many years, Jaiswal said.
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