Union Minister Shekhawat confers award to Director Tourism Punjab
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh/New Delhi, September, 27-
Scripting another success story in Farm Tourism Sector at the national level, the state of Punjab today bagged award for Best Tourism Village of India 2024.
The award was received by Director Tourism and Cultural Affairs Punjab Amrit Singh, village representative Pavail Singh Gill and Manager Statistics and Projects Sheetal Behl from Union Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Secretary V. Vidyavathi during world tourism day celebrations organised by Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi today. The program was inaugurated by Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The Village Hansali of district Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab has been selected as the best village of India 2024 among others in agri tourism category.
With the strenuous efforts of the owner of Hansali Organic Farm Sukhchain Singh Gill and his son Pavail Gill and the Support of the department of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, GoP, Hansali has become an exemplary rural destination focussed on agri-based tourism.