Bhubaneswar: Maniabandha- a small village in Athagarh of Cuttack district once famous for handloom products, found a place in the tourism map of India with a new tag ‘Best Tourism Village’.
The Government of India awarded the village as the best Tourism Village -2024 in craft category. This award was bestowed upon the village by the Ministry of Tourism on World Tourism Day.
Maniabandha is the only village from Odisha which won the Best Tourism Village 2024 in Craft category.
Through a X post, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi congratulated the residents of Maniabandha village for achieving the prstigious tag.
ଓଡ଼ଶାରେ ହସ୍ତଶିଳ୍ପ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବୟନଶିଳ୍ପ ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭୂମିକା ବହନ କରେ I କଟକ ଜିଲ୍ଲାର ମାଣିଆବନ୍ଦ ଶାଢ଼ୀ ଏକ ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ପରିଚୟ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିଛି I ବିଶ୍ୱ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟଟନ ଦିବସ ଅବସରରେ ଭାରତ ସରକାରଙ୍କ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟଟନ ବିଭାଗ ତରଫରୁ ହସ୍ତଶିଳ୍ପ ବର୍ଗରେ ମାଣିଆବନ୍ଦ ଗ୍ରାମ ‘ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟଟନ ଗ୍ରାମ’ର ମାନ୍ୟତା ପାଇଥିବାରୁ ଗ୍ରାମବାସୀଙ୍କୁ… pic.twitter.com/gwSZzXuWf6
— Mohan Charan Majhi (@MohanMOdisha) September 28, 2024
As many as 795 villages had participated in the first edition of the Best Tourism Villages Competition in 2023 while in the second edition, a total of 991 applications were received from 30 States and UTs, out of which 36 villages were recognized as winners across eight categories of the Best Tourism Villages Competition 2024.
