The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) organised a student rally today to commemorate World Tourism Day. The rally flagged off at 8.00 a.m. from Gateway of India in Mumbai and scouted through Museum, Bombay High Court, Kala Ghoda, Central Library, Horniman Circle before terminating at CST.
The students carried banners and placards bearing slogans of Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development given by World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Dr Jagdish Patil, Managing Director, MTDC, said, “We are focused to promote the motto of UNWTO of Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. We have planned this rally with the intent to sensitise young minds towards the noble cause tourism and sustainable development. There is need to propagate this cause at the grass root level to empower sustainable development.”