Association News

» China is the new number one tourism source market in the world: UNWTO

Chinese travellers spent a record US$ 102 billion in international tourism in 2012 ... Read more

» International air travel demand up 3.7 percent in February: IATA

Passenger demand had been growing at an annualised rate of 9 percent since October, almost double the rate during the first nine months of 2012 ... Read more

» Great Indian Travel Bazaar to be held April 14-16, 2013 at Jaipur

This year about 70-80% of the FTOs' are from newer regions like Ukraine, China, Japan, Far East and Russia ... Read more

» Subhash Verma re-elected as President of ADTOI

P P Khanna is Vice President, Ravi Luthra is General Secretary & Rajat Sawhney elected as Treasurer for 2013-15; ADTOI Joint Secretary election on hold under High Court orders ... Read more

» Foreign tourist arrivals down 25 percent on safety concerns: ASSOCHAM

From December 2012 onwards the inflow of women tourists into the country has gone down by 35 per cent ... Read more

» India needs to add a further 1.8 lakh rooms to meet the demand from foreign tourists

Currently we have only have 1.2 lakh guest rooms in the country, right from one-star to five-star deluxe categories & those catering to foreign tourists are only about 70,000 ( 3-star to 5-star category) ... Read more

» ICAO and UNWTO Affirm Cooperation on Joint Aviation and Tourism Goals

To stress on Visa facilitation, taxation, the modernization of aviation regulations and the development of convergent rules for traveller and enterprise protection ... Read more

» FICCI-YES BANK study recommends Tax waiver to boost film tourism

Also says government to make norms making it mandatory on foreign production houses to hire specific number of local artistes and technical crew ... Read more

» IAAI announces new National Director Board

Biji Eapen elected as National President while V L Jaghannathan is General Secretary & S Saldanha is National Treasurer ... Read more

» Air travel demand may bounce back in 2013: IATA

Passenger traffic grew more rapidly than available capacity, which rose by 2.7 per cent in January on international routes, meaning planes flew with fewer empty seats. ... Read more

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