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‘India Calling’ - A joint session by Indian Consulate , Sydney and Australia India Travel & Tourism Council (AITTC)
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o motivate further growth of travel to India , Indian Consulate , Sydney in joint collaboration with Australia India Travel & Tourism Council (AITTC) hosted an information session, titled ‘India Calling’ on 26th February evening at the Indian Consulate premises in Sydney. As the title suggests, India is warmly calling more tourists from down under. The purpose of this event was to showcase some of India’s interesting tourism specialities that spread across the country. For example the growing opportunities for seeing exciting wild animals in their own habitat to cruising in luxury boats some of the nation’s legendary waterways. While eminent wildlife photographer and tour operator Dennis Jones intrigued the large audience mainly comprising of outbound India focussed tour operators with his multiple wildlife safaris in India , AITTC Chairman and reputed travel writer Sandip Hor, who has visted over 100 countries talked about the growing popularity of cruising the two fabled rivers – Ganges and the Brahmaputra and the backwaters of Kerala. Award Download Our App
winning autor and travel writer Julie Miller who has visited India several times thrilled everyone with her recent horse riding and palace stay experience in Rajasthan.Train journeys are a different kind of travelling experience in India and experienced tour operator Scott McGregor elaborated more on that topic. One of the key issues which is negating the growth of bilateral travel is the aviation capacity between Australia and India and airline specialist Melvyn Almeida outlined the current scenario. Earlier is his welcoming address, Manish Gupta Indian Consul General in Sydney talked about India’s economic development and proMARCH I 2019
grees in different areas including tourism. Phillip Boniface , Co- Chairman and Treasurer of AITTC , who did a good job as the MC for the evening, touched on achievements of AITTC while Sanjay Muleka , Deputy Consul General at the end extended the vote of thanks. The well attended event started with a short but engaging musical performance, organised by Ramanand Garge, Director Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Sydney.
Photo credit: Harmohan Singh Walia www.DesiAustralia.com
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