K-J-Alphons
Remarks

First ever ‘India Tourism Mart’ Delhi, to be hosted in September

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in partnership with the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) and with the support of State / UT Governments will organize the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM) from Sept 16 to 18, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The objective of the event is to create an annual Global Tourism Mart for India in line with major international travel marts being held in countries across the world. The Mart will provide a platform for all stakeholders in the tourism and hospitality industries to interact and transact business opportunities.

India with its great potential in tourism and hospitality sector needs to dramatically increase the foreign tourist footfall and reap the benefits. The Tourism Ministry has been conducting foreign road shows, releasing theme based promotional videos and thus, the ITM 2018 will be a big step which will get buyers from all over the world.

I hope that through ITM 2018, India can showcase its hidden destinations to the world, especially to emerging tourism markets like China, Latin America and Japan and so on. With this event, the Government’s aim of bringing the Tourist footfall to double in next three years shall be fulfilled.

I thank the entire Tourism Industry for coming together and for their active involvement in materializing this global event which has been due for a long time. All the states should come up quickly with unique promotional videos and likewise to be showcased for better publicity.

Buyer delegates for ITM 2018 are being invited from important and potential source markets like North America, West Europe, East Asia, Latin America, CIS countries and so on. Approximately, 300+ international buyers, influencers, bloggers are expected to attend the event.

The international delegates from overseas markets will interact with Indian seller delegates and the buyers will include current buyers who are already selling India and potential buyers who are not selling India at present but have shown interest in the country. The event will also provide an opportunity to the buyers to see the world class tourism facilities available in our country like Airports, Hotels, Tourist destinations, upcoming facilities, MICE facilities, possibility in the field of adventure tourism and other niche products.

Approximately 175-200 stalls will be provided to the sellers to enable them to interact with the buyers. Buyer-seller meetings will be held on September 17 and 18 after the formal opening. FAITH and State Governments will offer pre and post event FAM trips (Familiarization trips) for the buyer delegates from overseas.

By
Shri K.J. Alphons
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism

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