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The List of 35 Villages Across the India Who Won “The Best Tourism Village” Awards

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What Were the Areas of Evaluation?

  • Cultural and Natural Resources
  • Economic Sustainability
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Governance and Prioritization of Tourism
  • Health, Safety and Security
  • Promotion and Conservation of Cultural Resources
  • Social Sustainability
  • Tourism Development and Value Chain Integration
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity
35 Best Tourism Villages

What Was the Eligibility Criteria?

  • Where the population density is low and does not exceed 25,000 inhabitants.
  • The village should be within a radius of famous places or tourist destination or landscape.
  • Where traditional activities like agriculture, craft, cuisine etc. are practiced.
  • There should have been a history of community values or based on past achievements.
  • Only those applications would be considered which were filled in and submitted online.
  1. Lepakshi Village in Andhra
  2. Shergaon in Arunachal
  3. Sarodhadadar in Chhattisgarh
  4. Kalpeni in Lakshwadeep
  5. Pembarthy in Telengana
  6. Raghurajpur in Odisha
  7. Hemis Ladakh
  8. Menar, Rajasthan
  9. Kaurauna Uttar Pradesh
  10. Khijadia, Gujarat  
  1. Bishwanath Ghat in Assam
  2. Devka DNHDD
  3. Cotigao Goa      
  4. Talao Haryana 
  5. Chitkul, Himachal Pradesh
  6. McCluskieganj, Jharkhand 
  7. Hampi, Karnataka
  8. Khokhra, Madhya Pradesh
  9. Patagaon, Maharashtra   
  10. Kongthong, Meghalaya
  11. Diezephe, Nagaland  
  12. Thirunallar, Puducherry    
  13. Nawanpind Sardaran, Punjab 
  14. Naurangabad, Rajasthan
  15. Kitam, Sikkim            
  16. Vettaikaranpudur, Tamil Nadu
  17. Ulladu, Tamil Nadu
  18. Chandlapur, Telengana
  19. Vidyasagr Gram Panchayat, Tripura
  20. Kriteswari, West Bengal
35 Best Tourism Villages

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An advocate of conservation of ecologically fragile spaces and conscious travel, storytelling wasn't always my goal. It started as an escape, turned into a calling and eventually spread its wings. A banking stint, a teaching tenure, an environmental thesis - a bit of everything, only to realize that I am at my best when I travel, interacting with locals, curating itineraries and threading together contributions of every element in the larger scheme of things through words and visuals.

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