Pasaulio kelionių ir turizmo tarybos metiniame visuotiniame susirinkime, Indijos iniciatyva (WTTCII) was held on December 11, 2018 at New Delhi. The following have been appointed as Office Bearers of WTTCII už 2019 metus:
Mr. Rajeev Talwar, Chief Executive Officer, DLF has been appointed as the Chairman of WTTCII už 2019 metus. Mr. Talwar, who served as the Vice Chairman of WTTCII 2018 m. pareigas perėmė p. Sunder G. Advani, Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Limited pirmininkas ir vykdomasis direktorius, kuris baigė savo kadenciją neseniai įvykusiame visuotiniame susirinkime Delyje.
Mr. Ajay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Spicejet Ltd. has been unanimously appointed as the Vice Chairman of WTTCII už 2019 metus.
WTTCII Executive Committee
Mr. KJ Alphons, Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) for Tourism and Mr. Suman Billa, Joint Secretary Tourism along with former officials of Ministry of Tourism, Mr. SK Misra ir Mr. VK Duggal felicitated the new team.
Mr. Rajeev Talwarsakė: "WTTCII has three main asks from the Government- Firstly, Airline Turbine Fuel – ATF must be included under GST. Secondly, the 28% on hotel rooms is hurting – GST should be pegged at 5% for Rooms of transaction values of INR 5000 and 12% for transaction values of INR 5001 to INR 15000 along with ITC. And thirdly a Tourism Board to handle the marketing of Incredible India. Today destination marketing has to be more deft, sharp, agile and cannot be strapped with bureaucratic procedures. A tourism board with inclusion of public and private stakeholders will make Brand India successful. We would also need avenues to open up new markets, take for instance China; we are 4-6 hours away from major Chinese cities. China’s huge outbound of 130 million trips is every countries envy and a prime source market, yet we are unable to tap the Chinese outbound. We need to be connected to major source markets like ASEAN – Japan, South Korea, China if we need to increase our tourism numbers qualitatively and quantitatively.”
Ponas Ajay Singhas said: “I am delighted to take over as Vice Chairman of WTTCI. Indijos kultūra ir įvairovė paverčia ją neribotų galimybių šalimi. Mūsų kelionių ir turizmo pramonė turi didžiulį potencialą, tačiau ji susiduria su daugybe iššūkių, iš kurių svarbiausias yra tinkamos infrastruktūros trūkumas. Vyriausybės pradėtos kelios prekės ženklo kūrimo ir rinkodaros iniciatyvos, pvz., „Incredible India 2.0“ ir „e-Tourist Visa on Arrival“, skirtos 163 šalims, davė kryptingą impulsą augimui, todėl tikimės glaudaus bendradarbiavimo su vyriausybe, kad įgyvendintume Indijos turizmo potencialą.
