“FICCI launched its first edition of Travel and Tourism Excellence Awards at a grand ceremony, last friday, at The Lalit Hotel, New Delhi, and it was a pleasure for me to be the Chairperson of the Jury, constituted by FICCI for these awards. Rewards and recognitions have tremendous significance in travel & tourism sector, in […]
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I compliment FICCI for organising the 5th edition of Advantage Health Care India and 3rd edition of FICCI Medical Value Travel Awards 2019 in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce & Industry. FICCI has the distinction of being the only national level chamber having instituted Awards in the medical tourism vertical. The Awards aim at honouring […]
It was a pleasure to participate and speak at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar during the International Conference, on one of the most-discussed subjects “Sustainable Development Goals and Management Practices in Tourism & Hospitality Sector”. It was also a matter of great pleasure for me to visit an Indian University, which is considered to be having […]
Connectivity and tourism are intricately related to each other. The better the connectivity, the better the tourism. Even the reverse is true. The more the tourism, the more the demand for connectivity. Further, seamless travelling and multi modal transportation are the needs of the hour, to position India as a world class tourism destination. Therefore, […]
Travel is not a right, it is a privilege and it comes attached with certain responsibilities. ‘Responsible Tourism’ is not just how responsibly we all act and conduct ourselves while travelling, it is also a gateway to achieve sustainability in tourism. Responsibility to sustain tourism is not confined only to the traveller, but also on […]
Golf tourism is growing globally at an amazing rate of 12% annually. Golf brings in high spending tourists for a relatively longer duration of stay. Studies have revealed that 52% of travelling golfers take two or more golfing holidays in a year and spend 33% more on their holidays as compared to regular holiday makers.India, […]
Film Tourism is a strong USP of India Tourism. This is one vertical by which entertainment industry and travel industry, both are simultaneously benefitted. Studies have revealed that film tourism in India has a potential to attract 1 million ‘film tourists’ and to generate gross income of 3 billion USD by 2022. India is blessed […]
Tourism industry is a tremendous employment generator, yet the industry in India faces the challenge of huge demand-supply gap in skilled manpower. Skill development being the most important segment to create jobs in tourism sector, the top most priority of India Tourism is to bridge the skill gap and create a pool of talented and […]
Globally, Travel and Tourism is among the worst affected, of all economic sectors ,due to Corona virus pandemic.In the present scenario,UNWTO has estimated that International tourist arrivals ,all over the world could fall by 20-30% in 2020, resulting in decline in International tourism receipts by 300-450 billion USD. Tourism sector in India is also obviously […]
TRAVEL AND Tourism Sector would have the hardest impact globally and on India, among all economic sectors, due to COVID-19. In view of unprecedented travel restrictions and almost complete lockdown, all over the world, UNWTO expects that international tourist arrivals will be down by 20 to 30% in 2020. This expected fall can translate into […]
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