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Indian Airlines Family Tourism quiz conducted

Staff Reporter

Free tickets to Singapore won

GUESSING RIGHT: Participants at the Indian Airlines Tourism quiz.

CHENNAI: All those families who knew Kuttanad from Maldives at the Indian Airlines Family Tourism Quiz, held on Wednesday, won free tickets to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

At the third edition of the quiz, held at Women's Christian College to commemorate the World Tourism Day, 26 family teams participated.

At the end of the final round, Ranganathan and family walked away with four tickets to Singapore, while Ramanan and Srinivasan got free tickets for their families to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok respectively.

General Manager (commercial) E.A. Varghese gave away the prizes.

Tourism Day celebrated

Meanwhile, the Tamilnadu Tourism Development Corporation, in association with the Chennai District Cultural Forum, celebrated the World Tourism Day with enthusiasm on Wednesday.

Presiding over the function, Chennai Collector R. Jaya elaborated on the need for people to undertake tours for a respite from monotonous life and to rejuvenate their health.

Ms. Jaya pointed out that undertaking a tour does not only mean taking a long journey, even a visit to the beach or a park is a tour. She said that the advantages of visiting different places would enrich the knowledge of the people.

The Collector highlighted the vast career openings that were available to the youth in the tourism sector.

C. Venkatnarayanan, president, Youth Hostel, Adyar, delved upon the concept of starting youth hostels, which now has a presence in more than 70 countries.

He said that the first youth hostel was started by Richard Schirrmann in Germany to provide economical accommodation and to facilitate cultural exchange between youngsters.

He said the youth hostel in Chennai charged just Rs.40 for a day's stay.

Mr. Venkatnarayanan wanted the salient features of the tourism sector to reach the youths, for which he requested the State Government to impart the information through the media.

The Collector also distributed prizes to winners of various cultural competitions.

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