The Ministry of Tourism and the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) are jointly organizing the three-day long tourism and hospitality buyers and sellers meet – India Tourism Mart (ITM) at Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi. Over 240 international delegates from 51 countries and 160 exhibitors from across the country are taking part in the second edition of ITM.
The Union Minister of Road, Transport and Highways & Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Nitin Gadkari and the Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the Mart.
Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari said that great positive outcome can be expected from the well organized Mart and the type of stake holders who are participating. India has language, culture & food, which attracts new tourists.”
“We are focusing on cleanliness and infrastructure which will also boost the tourism sector. He added that tourism sector has employment potential and this is the most important agenda for our government. He expressed faith that the Tourism Ministry will show great results given its commitment to promote tourism and travel in the country,” he added.
Earlier, addressing the media at a press meet in the morning today, Prahlad Singh Patel said that the objective of the Mart is to provide a platform at the national level for the trade and hospitality service providers to interact and conduct business with their counterparts from overseas.
The Mart has an Exhibition area with approximately 175 stalls, where seller delegates from across the country, including Tour Operators, Hoteliers and other stakeholders will conduct B2B meetings with the international buyer delegates and where participating States & Union Territories will get the opportunity to showcase their unique tourism destinations and products.
The State of Gujarat is the Partner State at ITM 2019 and other participating States are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The B2B meetings and networking sessions between the buyer and seller delegates will be held on 24th and 25th September 2019. The Buyer Delegates will be taken on post-Mart Familiarisation Tours to different tourism destinations in the country. Various itineraries and programmes on diverse themes have been designed for this purpose.
