ADTOI & Ministry of DoNER hold Tour Operators meet at Guwahati & Shillong

Event organised to promote North Eastern Region through interactive sessions

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At the instance of  Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Government of India, Association of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI), National Body of Domestic Tour Operators in conjunction with  North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEFDi) organized a “TOUR OPERATORS MEET” in Guwahati/Shillong on 7th to 10th July 2011.  

The Ministry had designed the programme to have a  B2B meeting between stakeholders/Service Providers of  North Eastern Region and ADTOI Tour Operator members as buyers to promote North Eastern Region through interactive sessions.  

ADTOI delegation comprising of 32 Tour Operator members flew to Guwahati on 7th July 2011 for the Meet.  NEFDi  had made arrangements for the stay of the delegates in Greenwood Resort and the B2B meeting on 8th July at NEDFI House in Guwahati.  There was participation by North Eastern States,  service providers and other stakeholders from  North Eastern Region.  The Meet was inaugurated by Smt. L.S. Changsan, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary (Tourism), Govt. of Assam. Mr. B. Paul Muktieh, Chairman, NEDFi in  his welcome address appreciated ADTOI’s role in  the promotion of Tourism in the country and appealed to all members to bring North East on the Tourist circuit with their concerted efforts to boost tourism.  Among other officials present were, Ms. Deepa Laskhar, Regional Director, Ministry of Tourism, Mr. P.K. Dong, Tourism Consultant, Mr. Tridip Sharma, President, Tour Operators Association of Assam (TOAA).  

Mr. Subhash Verma, President, ADTOI while thanking Ministry of DoNER and NEDFi and other agencies involved in  making this Meet  stated that ADTOI has come to Guwahzti and Shillong with a special mission to have face to face interaction with all stakeholders in the region and to have a better understanding of the region and the people engaged in the tourism business.  To highlight the activities of ADTOI he gave a brief presentation of ADTOI activities and how it helps promoting domestic tourism to all regions through its various initiatives. 

After the presentation there was interactive session of the  Sellers/Buyers with  the officials of ADTOI, Ministry of Tourism and the Consultant.  Mr. Rajat Sawhney, General Secretary replied to various  queries including opening of State Chapter in NE Region and the role being played by ADTOI as a Nodal agency for promotion of Domestic Tourism.  The session was very informative and interesting.  

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