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Union Tourism Minister to inaugurate FICCI E-Tourism Conclave

Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture (I/C), Government of India, will inaugurate the two-day ‘FICCI E-Tourism Conclave: Travel & Hospitality What’s Next’ on 29th July 2020.
The objective of organizing this Conclave is to bring together global thought leaders and key policy makers from the travel and tourism industry under one virtual platform to ideate, interact and share knowledge. The Conclave will create an opportunity for the participants to plan, promote, market, strategize and implement the best practices to revive the business in the sector, post COVID-19.
A special session on, Spotlight On Hidden Tourism Jewels Of India : Exploring The Unexplored Tourism Potentials will be discussed focusing Chhattisgarh (Theme state) and Odisha (Partner State). Both the states have already opened their various tourist destinations.
The two-day conclave will feature industry leaders and policy makers like Meenakshi Sharma, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, GoI, Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism, GoI, Vishal Kumar Dev, Commissioner Cum Secretary, Tourism Department, Sports and Youth Service Department, Govt of Odisha, Anbalagan Ponnusamy, Secretary, Tourism, Govt of Chhattisgarh, Suman Billa, Director, United Nations World Tourism Organization, Technical Cooperation & Silk Road Development and Dr Jyotsna Suri, Past President, FICCI & Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee along with a galaxy of speakers.
The speakers will deliberate on topics like Future of Travel & Tourism: What lies Ahead; Traveling with the Pandemic: A different Perspective; Role of Technology & Innovation to revive Travel & Tourism & Emergence of New Workforce model; Change In Consumer Expectation & Leveraging The Same For Demand Creation and many more.
The conclave will also have a special valedictory session comprising of State Tourism Ministers and Industry leaders.