Kakinada, July 20 -- Minister for Tourism, culture and cinematography Kandula Durgesh today said that the state government would host a tourism conclave at Tirupati next month.

Participating as the Chief guest at the inaugural of the Kakinada Event Managers Association (EMA) and the EMA Lime Light awards function here on Sunday Durgesh said that the government's focus was on developing tourism through public -private partnerships.

He invited the event management professionals to participate in this initiative and contribute their mite to the growth of the tourism industry in the state.

The Minister further said that the government was having plans to organize a state level event management meeting to gather suggestions and ideas from th...