Guarat Will host 10th ADTOI convention

GUARAT WILL HOST

10TH ADTOI CONVENTION

Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India to hold its annual convention in Kevadiya in Gujarat from Feb 12-14, 2021 with a theme DOMESTIC TOURISM – HOPE FOR THE REVIVAL

Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India has announced its management committee’s decision to hold their 10th annual convention from February 12-14, 2021 at Kevadia in Gujarat with the support of Gujarat Tourism, that could be a major catalyst to restart and revitalise the ailing travel and tourism industry in the country, which is in the death bed after an yearlong global and national lockdown due to COVID 19 pandemic and related travel restrictions. Theme of this year’s convention is “DOMESTIC TOURISM – HOPE FOR THE REVIVAL. According to Mr. PP Khanna, President, ADTOI, the State of Gujarat has always been on front foot to promote its tourism potential and in current times they are moving fast to revive and stabilize tourism. ADTOI has been supporting Tourism in Gujarat with all out endeavor to promote destinations in the State since long. Apart from extending support to all our Annual Conventions in the past has also hosted our Convention in 2019 held in Ahmedabad now in Kevadia at Tent City. Our team has started working on it and expected to put up a grand show. We expect the presence of about 400 plus delegates during the Convention which will be grandly inaugurated on 12th February 2021 in the evening at Convention Hall, Kevadia.

Mr. Chetan Gupta, Convention Chairman said , “ After the pandemic, it’s high time to design and re-think how to encourage tourism and make people travel again of vibrant culture is blessed with diverse tourism products, and people are willing to explore India. The convention will focus and discuss all the possible methods and modes to promote India and showcase its rich culture and heritage to the world. The convention will be designed to benefit the participants with substantial knowledge and offer a platform to meet business partners after the lockdown”.

We have coined the theme to support our stand since the time COVID 19 pandemic devastated livelihoods of the stakeholders of tourism industry. Travelling is an inborn activity with all of us. We cannot stop travelling. And after a great break it is happening, people are moving out of their homes alone or with family for their social needs and by the grace of God tourism is reviving at destinations more during weekdays/festivities and it is going to bounce back in the days to come. We all should be prepared to cater to the needs of people willing to take a holiday or for business and fulfil social commitments. Gujarat is a Pioneer State looking at tourism seriously and doing all that is possible to showcase the state to the rest of India to experience incredible India, Mr. Chetan added.

Mr. Chetan said that the annual get together of country’s leading tour operators and destination managers will be a major

Mr. PP Khanna, President, ADTOI

breakthrough to restart the tourism business in the country with more focusseed approach and strategy. The convention will be held at convention hall at Tent city 2 at Statue of Unity, Kevadiya and hall has a capacity to hold 1000 people, and there is a dining space for 500 people. They have been fully renovated recently and are equipped to organise events in line with the new normal.

As international borders are closed and travel is limited to domestic travel, hence it is of utmost importance to showcase India from a different perspective.

The Convention will have Business Sessions, Product Presentation, Cultural programs besides facility for better connectivity for all to visit this destination.

Kevadia, which has quickly become the pulsating destination and is growing rapidly in popularity as well as complete tourism destination for everyone. Statue of unity has already achieved enormous count as far as numbers of tourists who have already visited the destination and it’s amazing to watch the count keep on increasing with each passing day.

Kevadia and Statue of Unity is the brain child of Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and he personally supervised the each and every development of the region. Prime Minister launched a seaplane service between Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad to Statue of Unity to boost the connectivity to Kevadia in December. Mr. Modi has recently launched eight new train services from different parts of the country to Kevadiya to boost connectivity to Statue of Unity, to make the seat of Sardar Vallabhai Patel Statue as a most sought after global tourism destination in the near future. With the new connectivity initiatives, both by air and surface, the destination is expected to attract at least one lakh visitors per day.

Mr. Chetan Gupta, Convention Chairman

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