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Hotels too mark Tourism Day

Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM: Taking a cue from the Sanskrit phrase, "Athithi devo bhava" The Park greeted all the guests with `aarti' and applied `tikka' on their foreheads to mark the World Tourism Day on Tuesday.

The hotel was also decked up with colourful rangolis and decorative lights. Guests visiting the restaurants were extended 10 per cent discount on food and beverages.

Hotel Green Park also celebrated the day with fervour. All the guests who checked into the hotel were given a traditional welcome. Dolphin Hotel devised a unique way to mark the event. The hotel organised a taxi drivers meet to educate the cabbies on how to treat international tourists.

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