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MELANGE ||||| INFORMATION<br />
SAND ART<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
COMMENCES IN<br />
KONARK •<br />
Renowned sand artist<br />
Sudarsan Pattnaik is the<br />
brand ambassador of the<br />
5th International Sand<br />
Art Festival to be held in<br />
Konark by the tourism<br />
department of Odisha.<br />
International Sand Art<br />
Festival is a popular<br />
annual event, which is<br />
held from <strong>December</strong> 1 to<br />
5. As the festival coincides<br />
with the ‘Make in Odisha’<br />
conclave, a large number<br />
of visitors are expected.<br />
INDIAN AIRPORTS TO GET<br />
FULL-BODY SCANNERS <br />
INDIA-JAPAN TOURISM MEET<br />
FOR THE FIRST TIME <br />
One full-body scanner will initially be<br />
launched at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi<br />
International Airport. Full-body scanners<br />
had previously been resisted in India due<br />
to concerns over privacy, but officials<br />
have reassured the public, stressing<br />
that the devices do not produce images<br />
of exact body contours, but instead<br />
only undertake a “targeted search” for<br />
concealed prohibited items.<br />
Japan Tourism is expanding its<br />
presence in India with a new office<br />
in Delhi scheduled to commence<br />
operations this year. This was<br />
announced at the first ever India-Japan<br />
Tourism Meet organised by FICCI in Delhi from October 24-25. Dr. Jyotsna<br />
Suri, Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee, said, “Japan is the 10th largest<br />
source market for India with around 2.07 lakh Japanese arrivals in 20<strong>15</strong>.”<br />
SHUTTERSTOCK (JAPAN; SCANNER)<br />
50 ||||| DECEMBER 2016
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