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1 INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MART India s Premier Travel & Tourism Exhibition BANGALORE, IITM BANGALORE POST EVENT REPORT ORGANIZED BY

2 India Expo Vlog 22/07/2017 Bangalore

3 Mangalam 22/07/2017 Bangalore

4 KARNATAKA Events in Bengaluru Today C.K. SURYANARAYANA July 20 JULY 21, :00 IST UPDATED: JULY 21, :45 IST General India International Travel Mart : IITM Bangalore 2017, travel and tourism exhibition, Secretary to Government, Tourism Department, Government of Karnataka, Naveen Raj Singh inaugurates, Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka John Amaratunga and Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka V. Krishnamoorthy participate, Palace Grounds, a.m. Bangalore Science Forum : 40th Annual Science festival, talk on My experiences with organic farming by Dr. L. Narayana Reddy, organic farmer, Doddaballapur, Dr. H.N. Multimedia conference hall, National College, Basavanagudi, 6 p.m. Chalavadi Mahasabha, State committee : State-level seminar on role of Chalavadis and social justice, NGO Bhavan, Cubbon Park, 11 a.m. Sapna Book House : Release of book Bayala Honnu on senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, edited by Prof. H.T. Pothe, Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, Gandhi Bhavan, Kumara Park East, 5 p.m. Karnataka Peoples Education Society, Gulbarga and M.K. Memorial Trust, Gulbarga: Founders Day and presentation of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Yuva Dalita Sahitya Prashasti, Dr. Ambedkar College of Education, J.C. Nagar, Kurubarahalli, West of Chord Road, a.m. Nitte Meeenakshi Institute of Technology: Inaugural function of international conference on Emerging research in civil, aeronautical and mechanical engineering, Professor and Chairman - Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, chief guest and delivers key note address, Seminar Hall, PGDM Block, Institute premises, Yelahanka, 9.45 a.m. National Gallery of Modern Art : Screening of film Cria Cuervos, NGMA premises, Manikyavelu Mansion, Palace Road, 5 p.m. Kannadachandra Prashasthi Samithi: Presentation of first Kannadachandra award to Kinnigoli Ramachandra, Kuvempu Auditorium, Kannada Sahitya Parishath, Chamarajpet, 5.30 p.m. THE HINDU 21/07/2017 Bangalore

5 epaper Like 566k Tuesday 25 July 2017 News updated at 4:48 PM IST Home News Business GST Supplements Sports Entertainment Videos Opinion Kitchen Archives DH Classifieds t impact smartphone demand in India: report TN CM meets Modi; seeks exemption from NEET Tribal baby dies after allegedly being denied treatment N Korea You are here: Home» City» Sri Lanka keen to extend India's Ramayana circuit videos mor Sri Lanka keen to extend India's Ramayana circuit Bosky Khanna, DH News Service, Bengaluru, Jul , 1:09 IST Ramnath Kovind: Journey of lawyer to 1st citizen of India President-elect Kovind pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi before swearing in ceremony most popular stories now 1. Commented ed Viewed Pro-Kannada activists deface Hindi signboards in Namma Metro 2. Police warns Kannada activists 3. Will not impose Hindi on those who don't speak it, says Centre A stall of Sri Lankan Tourism department at the India International Travel Mart: IITM Bangalore 2017 at Palace Grounds, which concluded on Sunday. Sri Lanka is preparing to be part of the ambitious Ramayana circuit India is planning for tourists. The Indian government is identifying places connected with the Ramayana, while Sri Lanka has already identified 71 locations across the island nation for inclusion in the circuit. The Ramayana describes how Sita, Rama s wife, is kidnapped by Ravana and taken away to Sri Lanka. Hanuman then launches a grand operation, building a stone bridge across the sea, to rescue her 'Unhappy' Congress high command asks Karnataka CM to clarify flag row Cong accuses Venkaiah Naidu of grabbing land meant for the poor photo gallery Sri Lankan has appointed a committee to identify more places, John A E Amaratunga, minister of tourism development, told DH. He was speaking on the sidelines of the 99th edition of the India International Travel Mart, organised by Sphere Travelmedia and Exhibition, which concluded on Sunday. Hallowed spots Amaratunga said his government had entered into an agreement with the Indian government to create a full circuit. We are closely working with various Indian state governments to link all places. The two countries share a 5,000-year-old relationship, he said. Excavation is on for more places described in the Ramayana. "We aim to complete the entire circuit by the end of this year. Just like prime minister Narendra Modi, we look at Sri Lanka and all south Indian states as one unique unit, housing the maximum Ramayana spots, he said. MNS Party Workers protest against Chinese products at Airoli over ongoing rift between Indian... more like us on facebook The two governments are also working closely on the Buddhist circuit. Not many know that Buddha visited Sri Lanka three times. The spots he visited are not so well known either, said V Krishnamoorthy, Deputy High Commissioner, Sri Lanka. He said Sita stayed at Sita Vyasa in Sri Lanka, and was taken to Ussangoda. More than 3.20 lakh tourists from south India visited Sri Lanka last year and a similar number of Sri Lankans visited India, he said. Deccan Herald 25/07/2017 Bangalore

6 SAFARI PLUS 25/07/2017 Bangalore

7 Voyager s World 01/08/2017 Bangalore

8 J&K adjudged Best Adventure Destination By Monitor News Bureau - Published at: Jul 24, 2017 Bangalore, Jul 23: J&K was adjudged yet another time as the Best Adventure Tourism Destination in one of the India s largest travel shows - Indian International Travel Mart (IITM) - which concluded on Sunday in Bangalore. Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah, received the award at the hands of Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Tourism Minister of the Sri Lanka John AE Amaratunga. Joint Director Tourism Jammu Vishesh Paul Mahajan, GM Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation Sajid Naqash were also present on the occasion. IITM-Bangalore is a 3 day event being held every year from 21st July to the 23rd July Twelve countries and 24 states participated in the event this year which showcased their tourism products. Besides tourism boards, travel and tourism industry including hoteliers, online travel portals, hotel reservation networks, wildlife and eco-tourism resorts, golf resorts, etc., participated in the event making it one of the largest platform for tourism promotion. During the three day event, the visitors were given brochures and other publicity materials having extensive information of tourism destinations and other products. Director Tourism Kashmir said the award is in the recognition of the J&K state s and tourism department s efforts to promote J&K as the adventure tourism destination. Speaking on the occasion Director Tourism Kashmir said the state of J&K has every tourism product to offer for every taste of traveler besides having immense potential in adventure, leisure and pilgrimage tourism. There is no limit in adventure tourism in J&K especially in Kashmir and Ladakh region, said Shah. He said his department is conducting adventure related activities to promote adventure among locals who can earn livelihood from this segment of the tourism. The department had decorated its space beautifully during the 3-day show attracting the visitors and exhibitors who showed keen interest to visit J&K. Director Tourism Kashmir said the department is trying to tap the south Indian market in view of the less arrivals from Gujarat and Maharashtra. This year J&K state received less tourist in ux from traditional markets like Gujarat and Maharashtra. However, the arrivals from South India picked up which is encouraging. There is a good scope of tapping south India market and IITM Bangalore is one such platform. Lot of bikers, adventure enthusiast, and leisure and pilgrim tourists from Karnataka visit J&K. Earlier also J&K received two awards in IITM Chennai including the Best Adventure Tourism Destination award. The participation in the travel trade shows is in continuation of the efforts of the tourism department to remove negative perception among traveler to visit Kashmir. Tourism department also participated in TTF Kolkata, TTF Hyderabad and IITM Chennai to dilute and counter negative perception. Monitor News Bureau 24/07/2017 Bangalore

9 J&K adjudged Best Adventure Destination By reader ( on July 24, 2017 No Comment ( Share this on WhatsApp (whatsapp://send?text=j&k adjudged Best Adventure Destination - Tourism deptt participates in IITM-Bangalore BANGALORE: J&K was adjudged, yet another time, as the Best Adventure Tourism Destination in one of India s largest travel shows Indian International Travel Mart (IITM) which concluded on Sunday in Bangalore. Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah, received the award at the hands of Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Tourism Minister of the Sri Lanka John AE Amaratunga. Joint Director Tourism Jammu Vishesh Paul Mahajan, GM Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation Sajid Naqash were also present on the occasion. IITM-Bangalore is a 3-day event being held every year from 21st July to the 23rd July Twelve countries and 24 states participated in the event this year, which showcased their tourism products. Besides tourism boards, travel and tourism industry including hoteliers, online travel portals, hotel reservation networks, wildlife and eco-tourism resorts, golf resorts, etc. participated in the event making it one of the largest platforms for tourism promotion. During the three day event, the visitors were given brochures and other publicity materials having extensive information of tourism destinations and other products. Director Tourism Kashmir said the award is in the recognition of the J&K state s and tourism department s efforts to promote J&K as the adventure tourism destination. He said his department is conducting adventure related activities to promote adventure among locals who can earn livelihood from this segment of tourism. The department had decorated its space beautifully during the 3- day show attracting visitors and exhibitors who showed keen interest to visit J&K. Director Tourism Kashmir said the department is trying to tap the south Indian market, in view of lesser arrivals from Gujarat and Maharashtra. This year J&K state received less tourist influx from traditional markets like Gujarat and Maharashtra. However, the arrivals from South India picked up, which is encouraging. There is a good scope of tapping south India market and IITM Bangalore is one such platform. Lot of bikers, adventure enthusiasts, and leisure and pilgrim tourists from Karnataka visit J&K. Earlier also J&K received two awards in IITM Chennai including the Best Adventure Tourism Destination award. The participation in the travel trade shows is in continuation with the efforts of tourism department to remove negative perception among travellers to visit Kashmir. Tourism department also participated in TTF Kolkata, TTF Hyderabad and IITM Chennai to dilute and counter negative perception. Speaking on the occasion Director Tourism Kashmir said the state of J&K has every tourism product to offer for every taste of traveler besides having immense potential in adventure, leisure and pilgrimage tourism. There is no limit in adventure tourism in J&K especially in Kashmir and Ladakh regions, said Shah. Kashmir Reader 24/07/2017 Bangalore

10 Deccan Herald 22/07/2017 Bangalore

11 Vijaya Karnataka 22/07/2017 Bangalore

12 Vijayavani 22/07/2017 Bangalore

13 Ee Nadu 24/07/2017 Bangalore

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