Indian travellers to be rewarded by govt for travelling to 15 domestic destinations in a year

The Indian government is looking to give more power to Indian travellers, who explore 15 domestic travel destinations in a year. How? According to Mr Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Tourism Minister, the government will sponsor their travel expenses as an incentive. Call it a reward! The minister said so in a statement during the concluding ceremony of the National Tourism Conference that was organised by the Odisha government.
The campaign is being called Dekho Apna Desh, the link to which is on the official website. Here, travellers can pledge to travel to 15 locations in India by 2022. According to the minister, the Tourism Ministry will take care of the travel expenses of those, who visit 15 destinations in India within a year’s time. For this, you would have to submit photos on the website.

However, there is a condition too. You will have to get out of your own state and travel to 15 locations.

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This, however, should not be seen as a monetary benefit, but only as an incentive, as a reward. Those travellers will be declared brand ambassadors of Indian tourism, and that in itself is a great honour. At the National Tourism Conference, it was also said that the Konark Temple is going to be inducted in the list of iconic sites soon, and a special event will be held to announce the same.

Furthermore, you would be glad to know that the Ministry of Tourism is continuously organising certificate programmes for those who would like to work as tourist guides. So, those interested can take these certificate programmes.