Manipur Tourism wins Today's Traveller Award, 2016
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 03 2016:
Manipur Tourism won the Today's Traveller Award, 2016, one of the most respected awards in tourism, for Best State for promoting Niche Tourism � Polo Tourism.
The award was presented by Vinod Kumar Duggal, former Governor of Manipur, Union Home Secretary and Member, National Disaster Management Authority to Nidhi Mani Tripathi, Secretary, Tourism, Government of Manipur at a grand event held on August 1 at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.
The Department under the leadership of Nidhi Mani Tripathi took the women's polo to a greater height by joining hands with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Rajasthan Tourism and Rajasthan Polo Club.
During the tour, an India-USA Women's Polo Exhi- bition Game was played at Rambagh Polo Ground, Jaipur on January 24 this year just before the finals of Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh Polo Cup 2016 .
Vijay Goel, Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports also attended the ceremony as the chief guest.