For the third year in a row, Odisha Tourism has received the Pacific Asia Travel Writers Association (PATWA) International Award at ITB-Berlin, world's largest travel trade show.

This time, it received the award in the Best Historical Heritage Monument category for Konark Sun temple. Secretary of the Tourism Department,

Ashok Tripathy, received the award from Executive Director of UN World Tourism Organisation recently. Odisha Tourism has been participating in the ITB for last few years for promoting its tourism products.