Tourism economy in India is upswinging
Tourism economy in India has been on the upswing, especially in the past two years. India’s outbound traffic almost touched six million in 2004, up from 4.8 million in 2003. A growth in demand for outbound tourism is expected to grow by 8.8 per cent per annum, in real terms, between 2004 and 2014. India certainly is displaying signs of its much overdue initiation to the clique of mature markets, both on the outbound and inbound plane. Against the backdrop of this upbeat scenario, the month of February will witness India’s first-ever international travel trade show TravelWorld across four days ie February 24-27, 2005. The event is the brain child of Express Travel & Tourism, India’s leading travel business magazine for the travel trade industry, and part of the Business Publications Division (BPD) of the Indian Express Group. TravelWorld will be integrated into the macro canvas of Express World. The event will front India’s only B2B travel trade show alongside Hospitality World, Healthcare World and Medical Tourism Expo some of India’s most relevant verticals. Given the pervasive relevance of travel in everyday life, it is inescapably interwoven into different industries.
The ignorance of this trend has been an oversight that most Indian trade fair organisers have suffered from, thus falling into the trap of limited dimension. By integrating technology, wellness and the film industry into its ambit, TravelWorld has sought to integrate travel into its separate pavilions dedicated to each segment of tourism, the niche focus is magnified further by the presence of concurrent exhibitions and seminars for other industry verticals. Such gargantuan proportions can be intimidating to visitors. Taking cognition of the event, TravelWorld 2005 has put together Comprehensive Integrated Theme Pavilions, which is in sync with and celebrates the segmentation of the Indian tourism landscape. It is also recognition of the time crunch that most business visitors are pressed by.
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In an effort to enhance the tourism offerings, Kesari Tours and the Hospitality Training Institute, recently joined hands to launch the Kesari-HTI Travel Academy.
The event was inaugurated by Gaur Kanjilal, regional director, India tourism, Ministry of Tourism, GOI. The Academy offers a one-year job-oriented Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management, with a guaranteed six-month paid internship at Kesari. The eligibility criteria are HSC with conversational skills in English.
Elaborating on the initiative, Veena Patil, director, Kesari Tours said, "Tourism has become more a knowledge-based industry, thanks to the importance on innovativeness in tourism product development and marketing. It is
International Travel and Tourism Fair Opens in Moscow
The 12th Moscow International Travel and Tourism Fair MITT-2005 opened Wednesday with the participation of travel agents from 110 countries and some 2,500 firms.
According to organizers, the meeting of tourism and travel experts will last up to Saturday and is characterized by a larger presence of foreign companies, mainly from Italy.
The fair proposals include the participation of Cuba, above all the Sol Melia hotel chain and Sol y Son Los Viajes tour operator; the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, among others.
The Fair Grounds in Moscow comprise 36,000 square meters in which Russia
India today said it was disappointed over denial of visa by Pakistan to Indian tourism officials and operators for attending Lahore Tourism Fair.
"We are disappointed for denial of visa to those who wanted to travel to Lahore to participate in the Tourism Fair there," official sources said here.
They said the Indian delegation wanted to rent a booth there to highlight tourism potential and destinations in India.
Despite this, India remains committed to promote tourism between the two countries and intended to propose tour packages between the two countries.
Source: hindustantimes.com
TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Celebrate India
It has been said that Indianspropensity to celebrate festivals is a drag on the economy. Not only does each of Indias many religions contribute its share of holidays, but cities are virtually shut down during events like Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai or Durga Puja in Kolkata.
However, theres another way of looking at this. Indias many colourful festivals can be an economic asset if India is sold to tourists as a nation of festivals.
Tourism is one of the biggest industries worldwide, and every rupee invested in tourism generates the largest number of jobs for skilled, semi-skilled
Srinagar, July, 06-Minister of State for Transport, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution today said with the concerted efforts of the Coalition Government, Pilgrim and Heritage tourism, considered as a panacea for economic growth in modern world has assumed great significance in state’s economy, besides the conventional tourism.
Speaking to a deputation of traders here today the Minister said that the inflow of pilgrim tourists has increased many folds following the improvement in the situation adding that improved transport communication from various parts of the country has further boasted it up. He said number of the Amarnath Yatries is expected to
