<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan has called for switching over to hundred percent clean fuels in the tourist cities.<br />''<br />''Addressing a virtual meet on the World Tourism Day today, he emphasized the need for the use of clean fuels like LNG and PNG in the vehicles used by tourists in the tourist spots.<br />''<br />''He said, this will help protect the monuments besides favouring the environment.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the Union Minister said as India completes 75 years of Independence in 2022, there is a need to focus on creating more tourist sites around the heroism of our freedom fighters.<br />''<br />''Stating that tourism industry offers unprecedented potential for employment generation and youth empowerment, the Minister added that every district of our country has a historic story to share or a legend to narrate.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, Government of Odisha today launched a campaign "Odisha by Road", to encourage road travels  to tourist destinations in the state.  <br />''<br />''The government believes that this will boost the tourism sector and help revive the covid-19 ravaged economy.<br />''<br />''In addition, in order to promote and popularize Odia cuisine, a restaurant chain named "Nimantran" under Odisha Tourism Development Corporation was also announced on the occasion.</span>