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Rajnish Kaistha, Senior Vice President and Chairman of the convention said that we have overwhelming response from the members and we  expect about 900-1000 delegates from all over the country to participate which will include senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and States, industry leaders, tourism and hospitality professionals, travel trade media. 

The Travel Trade Association of Uttar Pradesh (TTAUP) will hold its flagship B2B show titled TTAUP Travel Mart (TTM) in Lucknow on September 27, 2023 at Holiday Inn Lucknow from 10 am. The association has organised its TTM B2B networking event since its inception.

UNWTO has identified investments as one of the key priorities for tourism’s recovery and future growth and development. For World Tourism Day 2023, UNWTO highlights the need for more and better-targeted investments for people, for planet and for prosperity.

MOT launches G20 Tourism and SDG Dashboard in collaboration with UNWTO. The dashboard has been developed to showcase key takeaways from Goa roadmap, the outcome document of TWG meeting and to promote sustainable development goals through tourism.

In collaboration with UNWTO, MOT to launch SDG Dashboard on 5th Sept at 5pm, with an aim to explore best avenues and insights from G20 countries as they work towards fostering sustainable and inclusive tourism.  

Emphasizing on the theme for this year’s 38th IATO Convention, Rajnish Kaistha, Sr. Vice President, IATO and convention chairman shared, “Sustainability plays an important role in tourism. We plan to discuss these aspects in detail during the convention.”

Ajay Prakash, has been re-elected as the TAFI President for the new term in an online election held in Mumbai today. While Anil Kalsi takes over from Kamal Jadhwani as Vice President, Abbas Moiz and Hitank Shah maintain their old position as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. The new team have also co-opted four members for an extended team.

WTTC forecasts 11.5% growth in tourism investment in 2023, amounting to $955 billion. By 2033, WTTC forecasts a promising 6.1% average annual growth globally, with the strongest annualised growth rates projected to be in Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean.

As per ‘Vision 2047: Indian Hotel Industry’ report by the Hotel Association of India (HAI), Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) in India are projected to increase to 15 million by 2024, and touch 25 million by 2030. It is further projected to grow attracting 100 million tourists by 2047. 

WelcomHotel by ITC Hotels, Rama International, Aurangabad, will host the 38th IATO Annual Convention in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, from 29 September-2 Oct. The theme of this year’s convention is “Inbound Tourism and Emerging sustainable trends”.