{"id":19718,"date":"2024-09-27T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=19718"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:30:07","slug":"ministry-of-tourism-announces-winners-of-best-tourism-villages-competition-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/09\/27\/ministry-of-tourism-announces-winners-of-best-tourism-villages-competition-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Tourism announces Winners of Best Tourism Villages Competition-2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ministry of Tourism, Government of India announced winners of the\u00a0<strong>Best Tourism Villages Competition 2024,\u00a0<\/strong>today, on 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September, 2024, on the occasion of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>World Tourism Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To promote tourism to the Soul of India (India\u2019s villages),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the Best Tourism Villages Competition was introduced in 2023. The focus was to identify and recognize villages which preserve and promote cultural and natural assets through community-based values and commitment to sustainability in all aspects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first edition of the Best Tourism Villages Competition in 2023 saw applications from 795 villages. In the second edition of the Best Tourism Villages Competition, a total of 991 applications were received from 30 States and UTs, out of which\u00a0<strong>36 villages<\/strong>\u00a0were recognized as winners across 8 categories of the Best Tourism Villages competition 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These 36 are as follows:<\/p>\n<div>\n<table class=\"Table\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>S.No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>State \/ UT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Dhudmaras<\/td>\n<td>Chhattisgarh<\/td>\n<td>Adventure Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Aru<\/td>\n<td>Jammu &amp; Kashmir<\/td>\n<td>Adventure Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Kuthlur<\/td>\n<td>Karnataka<\/td>\n<td>Adventure Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Jakhol<\/td>\n<td>Uttarakhand<\/td>\n<td>Adventure Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Kumarakom<\/td>\n<td>Kerala<\/td>\n<td>Agri Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Karde<\/td>\n<td>Maharashtra<\/td>\n<td>Agri Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Hansali<\/td>\n<td>Punjab<\/td>\n<td>Agri Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Supi<\/td>\n<td>Uttarakhand<\/td>\n<td>Agri Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Baranagar<\/td>\n<td>West Bengal<\/td>\n<td>Agri Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Chitrakote<\/td>\n<td>Chhattisgarh<\/td>\n<td>Community Based Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Minicoy Island<\/td>\n<td>Lakshadweep<\/td>\n<td>Community Based Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Sialsuk<\/td>\n<td>Mizoram<\/td>\n<td>Community Based Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Deomali<\/td>\n<td>Rajasthan<\/td>\n<td>Community Based Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Alpana Gram<\/td>\n<td>Tripura<\/td>\n<td>Community Based Tourism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Sualkuchi<\/td>\n<td>Assam<\/td>\n<td>Craft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Pranpur<\/td>\n<td>Madhya Pradesh<\/td>\n<td>Craft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Umden<\/td>\n<td>Meghalaya<\/td>\n<td>Craft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Maniabandha<\/td>\n<td>Odisha<\/td>\n<td>Craft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: 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To promote tourism to the Soul of India (India\u2019s villages),\u00a0the Best Tourism Villages Competition was introduced in 2023. 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