- Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the National Tourism Awards 2017-18 on World Tourism Day in New Delhi on September 27, 2019. A total of 76 Awards under various categories were presented.
- Andhra Pradesh has bagged the Best State award for overall growth in tourism category while Goa and Madhya Prdesh were joint winners in Adventure Tourism category. Uttarakhand was awarded best film promotion friendly state and Telangana for the best state in innovative use of IT category.
- World Tourism Day was celebrated on 27th September 2019 across the globe.
- It is being celebrated since 1980 on 27th September, the day in which the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization, UNWTO entered into force.
- Theme: This year India hosted the official celebrations of World Tourism Day with the theme ‘Tourism and Jobs: a better future for all’.
