Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) expresses gratitude to the Government of India for taking the decision for resumption of regular International Flight Operations from 15th December 2021.
According to the President of IATO, Rajiv Mehra, “It is a sigh of relief for us as we had almost zero income for past almost two years in the absence of foreign tourist arrival. Wholeheartedly we welcome the decision, however, it was also a much-awaited one too, as in the absence of normal running of international flights the opening of Tourist Visas including e-Tourist Visa from November 15 was not much of help as airfares were exorbitantly high.”
“This normalisation of flight operation would reduce the airfares and make it attractive for foreign tourists to visit India for leisure and other industry,” says Mehra.
The President adds, “We further appeal to the government to also look into the possibilities of resuming international flights from the 14 countries which have been barred particularly from the source markets like UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore etc. These are our traditional source markets and a lot of foreign tourists travel from these countries.”
