The 19th Update & Outlook Meeting of the PATA India Chapter with Director General of Tourism, Mrs. Mugdha Sinha, was held on 11th April at the Taj Palace Hotel. It was a hybrid meeting, available both online and offline, and saw enthusiastic participation from members based in Delhi-NCR as well as from other cities.
February 2024 - The 44th edition of FITUR, which was held in Madrid has surpassed all past records in attendance. The India Pavilion was one of the biggest in recent years, and a number of private stakeholders, hotels, and tour operators indulged in B2B meetings and networking. With
a focus on M!CE and experiential tourism, the India delegation had put its best foot forward.
November 2023 - Over 1,000 delegates, including 159 sellers from 92 organisations and 15 destinations, along with 196 buyers from 191
organisations and 38 source markets, attended the 46th edition of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2023
(PTM 2023), hosted by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in New Delhi recently
Jatinder Taneja, Vice Chairman, PATA India, says Indian tourism and travel sector is on a fast moving and growth-oriented trajectory. India's investments in building a strong MICE platform and establishing the country as the global centre for yoga and Ayurveda wellness has added new dimensions and offerings to enhance the uniqueness of Incredible India. This was said for an article published in BW Hotelier magazine of July 2023 edition.
June 2023 - Biggest setback
Calling it one of the biggest set-backs for the industry, Jatinder Taneja, Vice Chairman, PATA India Chapter, says that the incentive has not been reinstated so far. “SEIS or similar incentive schemes have been going on to support inbound tourism for the last many years in the form of EPCG, SFIS and SEIS forms. This incentive has been helping the industry immensely to stay competitive in the international market and generate better business and earn much more foreign exchange for the country. In the absence of any incentive scheme, the product in India will become more expensive and inbound business would surely suffer,” he adds.
Travtalk, June 2023 - Jatinder Taneja, Vice Chairman, PATA India Chapter, said, "If the government has closed the tourist offices overseas, they have to ensure that all high commission and the embassies should have at least three to four dedicated staff who have thorough knowledge about India."
Travtalk, February 2023 - With a total of 8,500 exhibiting participants, 131 countries and 755 exhibitors, the 43rd edition of FITUR was held in Madrid from 18 to 22 January 2023. Dinesh K. Patnaik, Indian Ambassador to Spain; Mohammed Riyas, Minister of Tourism, Kerala, and Rakesh Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, GOI, inaugurated the India pavilion at the event this year.
February 2023 - I was satisfied to see that both international and domestic tourism sectors were mentioned by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget this time. Her mentioning to select 50 destinations, which will be developed as a complete package for tourism; focus on guides; security of tourists and a huge outlay for Railways; overall are very positive signs for the growth of tourism in India. I would also like to say that the infusion of `9,000 crores in the corpus of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to offer collateral free loans will help the tourism sector as well. Currently, tourism sector is drawing attention from the highest level in the government, which will help the industry to grow in the coming years.
January 2023 - There will be a lot of focus on India as a prime tourism destination in 2023. The G20 meetings, Visit India Year, establishment of the National Tourism Board and other initiatives by the Government of India will contribute significantly to bring India into focus as a premier tourist destination. With COVID paling into the past, we expect the trade to become significantly more active towards promotion of India in key international source markets. We will continue our thrust on educating our members through our two webinar products Jewels of India & Believe It or Not. Additionally,
we will work with MOT to conduct result-oriented roadshows to key source markets. We are already working with a state government to conduct an exclusive roadshow for them to four overseas markets in Q1/Q3, 2023. We intend to revive our annual industry-wide meeting tourism PowerHouse.
