The first edition of India Tourism Mart (ITM), organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in partnership with the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH), organised from 16th to 18th September 2018 concluded today.
The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Piyush Goyal inaugurated the event on September 17th at Hotel The Ashok in the presence of Union Tourism Minister, K J Alphons, Tourism Minister of Morocco, Mohamed Sajid, Tourism Secretary of Government of India and other senior officials of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, various State Tourism Departments and members of FAITH and various other associations in travel, tourism and hospitality as well as delegates from India and across the world.
Speaking at the event, the Tourism Minister announced that ITM will be an annual event hereafter in line with other International Tourism Marts and it will be held in the month of September. Organised in the B2B format, the mart provides a platform for all stakeholders in the tourism and hospitality industries from across the country to interact and transact business opportunities.
The ITM 2018 had a participation of around 225 hosted international buyers and Media personnel from across the world such as North America, West Europe, East Asia, Latin America, CIS countries etc. The buyer delegates were also provided post event familiarisation tour across various part of the country to experience the destination first hand. Around 225 stalls were provided to the sellers to enable them to interact with the buyers. These include pavilion for States & Union Territories.
