Indian Association of Tour Operators’ Executive Committee had reviewed and restructured the Regional and State Chapters recently to expand its wings and strengthen membership base in states and UT’s such as Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu. In continuation, the Association has further expanded its wings by appointing Co-Chairman and In-charge in various States and UT’s.
While elaborating on the development IATO’s President Rajiv Mehra said: “With the step taken by the Executive Committee, IATO has touched almost all corners of the country, and we hope to see more tourism stake holders to join the Association who will be able to promote these places with more vigour with the help of tour operators from metro cities.”
According to the latest development, Rajasthan being the large state with strong membership base was considered to have a Co-chairman and appointed Mahendra Singh of Holidays N Vacations, Jaipur to look after the various developments across the state. Keeping in view the importance of Varanasi as a big tourist attraction both for international and domestic tourists Bhuvanendra Vikram Singh of Prime Value Tours has been given this responsibility.
Sikkim being a prime tourist destination needed a Co-Chairman. Keeping in view the distance between North Bengal and Sikkim Namgyal P Sherpa of Namgyal Treks & Tours, Gangtok has been appointed as Co-chairman to assist Chairman of Sikkim and North Bengal Chapter who is based in Siliguri, Darjeeling.
Mohamed Jadwet has been appointed as Co-Chairman in Andaman & Nicobar to assist the Chairman based in Chennai. Besides the above, two State In-charge have been appointed in Manipur and Tripura to assist Chairman of IATO North East Chapter. H. Radhakrishna Sharma of Seven Sisters Holidays and Soumen Dutta of Hindustan Tour & Travels have been appointed State In-Charge of Manipur and Tripura respectively.
