{"id":32339,"date":"2023-02-04T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T05:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32339"},"modified":"2025-04-19T10:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:10:25","slug":"g20-meeting-in-rann-of-kutch-to-project-rural-archaeological-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/g20-meeting-in-rann-of-kutch-to-project-rural-archaeological-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 meeting in Rann of Kutch to project rural, archaeological tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is UNWTO?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary with respect to the First G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For the <strong>first G20 Tourism Working Group meeting<\/strong> to be held in Rann of Kutch next week, India\u2019s rural tourism and archaeological tourism potential will be projected to the world.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Participants in the 3-day meeting (which begins on February 7), in addition to delegates from member countries and guest countries, also include the United Nations\u2019 World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>What is UNWTO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>leading international organisation <\/strong>and the United Nations (UN) <strong>specialised agency<\/strong> entrusted with the <strong>promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism <\/strong>as a driver of\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Economic growth,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Inclusive development and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Environmental sustainability.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Its membership includes 160 Member States<\/strong>, 6 Associate Members and over 500 Affiliate Members representing the private sector, educational institutions, tourism associations and local tourism authorities.<\/li>\n<li>Established in <strong>1975 <\/strong>(HQ &#8211; Madrid, Spain), UNWTO <strong>provides leadership and support in advancing knowledge and tourism policies<\/strong> and a source of tourism research and knowledge.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>UNWTO\u2019s work is based around <strong>five distinct pillars:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Making tourism smarter<\/strong> through innovation and digital transformation;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making tourism more competitive <\/strong>through promoting investment and promoting entrepreneurship;<\/li>\n<li>Creating more and better jobs and providing relevant training;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Building resilience<\/strong> and promoting safe and seamless travel; and<\/li>\n<li>Harnessing tourism\u2019s unique potential to protect cultural and natural heritage and to support communities both economically and socially.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>News Summary\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Focus of the meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rural Tourism for Community Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation.<\/li>\n<li>To improve Rural and Archaeological Tourism with suggestions from international boards and best practices.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What India will showcase during the meeting?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Ladpura Khas village<\/strong> of Madhya Pradesh, <strong>Khonoma village<\/strong> of Nagaland and heritage sites like <strong>Dholavira <\/strong>will be showcased as success stories of rural and archaeological tourism by India.<\/li>\n<li>India will also present the innovative model of community based <strong>Astrotourism <\/strong>that involves rural homestays and community spaces.<\/li>\n<li>These are completely run by villagers and provide travellers an integrated experience of stargazing along with cultural immersion in the <strong>Himalayas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s achievements in rural and archaeological tourism:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Ladpura Khas village <\/strong>was nominated as the Best Rural Tourism Village by the UNWTO. In this village, the State government developed homestays in villages under the Responsible Tourism Mission of the State.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nagaland\u2019s Khonoma Village <\/strong>will present the model of Ecotourism Management Board that develops Rural Tourism Products and promotes responsible travel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dholavira<\/strong> &#8211; the southern centre of the Harappan Civilisation, was named as a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2021.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dholavira is believed to have been occupied around 3500 BC (pre-Harappan) till around 1800 BC (late-Harappan period).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites<\/strong>, including Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Ganeriwala, Rakhigarhi, Kalibangan, Rupnagar and Lothal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of the meeting:<\/strong> It will provide a vision, roadmap and guidance for accelerated growth of the tourism sector beyond pandemic based on the five key building blocks of &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Sustainability,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Digitalisation,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Skills,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>MSMEs and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Destination management towards achieving SDGs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Next meetings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The next tourism track meeting<\/strong> will be held in April in Siliguri\/Darjeeling, while the third meeting will be held in May in one of the north Indian hill states, the final ministerial meeting will be held in Goa in June.<\/li>\n<li>The idea is to cover and showcase the <strong>geographical expanse of the country<\/strong> &#8211; with Gujarat in the West to Siliguri in the North-East, going up till the northernmost regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q1) Name some success stories of rural and archaeological tourism in India.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ladpura Khas village of Madhya Pradesh, Khonoma village of Nagaland and heritage sites like Dholavira are some success stories of rural and archaeological tourism in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2) Why is Dholavira famous for?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dholavira &#8211; the southern centre of the Harappan Civilisation, was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2021. Dholavira is believed to have been occupied around 3500 BC (pre-Harappan) till around 1800 BC (late-Harappan period).\u00a0 It is the fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/g20-meeting-in-gujarats-rann-of-kutch-to-project-rural-archaeological-tourism-8423078\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>G20 meeting in Gujarat\u2019s Rann of Kutch to project rural, archaeological tourism<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/rural-and-archaeological-tourism-to-be-showcased-at-kutch-g-20-tourism-working-group-meet\/article66467672.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>TH<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Rann of Kutch to display rural and archaeological tourism potential in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}