new delhi discover india the countrys oldest and largest circulated travel magazine was adjudged the best travel magazine in india by the indian association of tour operators iato the apex body of the tourism industry at its annual convention held at hotel ashok in delhi from september 13 media transasia india ltd mtil received the award from union minister of civil aviation praful patelcommissioned and launched by mtil in january 1988 at the behest of the union tourism ministry discover india is indias cultural window to the world it deals with themes like art culture tradition heritage and travel tourismwith over 4000 members covering all segments of tourism industry iato today enjoys international recognition it works more closely with other tourism associations in us nepal and indonesia its 25th annual convention was inaugurated by minister of tourism culture ambika soni along with iato president subhash goyal here on september 1 2007