The 38th Annual Convention of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) is all set to take place from September 29 – October 2, 2023 in Chhattrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra.
The theme of this year’s convention is ‘Inbound Tourism and Emerging Sustainable Trends’ informed Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO.
Mehra also shared that Rajnish Kaistha – Senior Vice President of the association will be the Chairman of the Convention along with Sanjay Razdan – Hony. Secretary and Jitendra Kejriwal – Chairman, IATO Maharashtra Chapter as the Co-Chairmen. Jaswant Singh, the association’s member from Aurangabad will be the Convention Coordinator.
WelcomHotel by ITC Hotels Rama International will be the venue hotel
and all the activities on all the three days including registration for the
convention, inaugural function, business sessions and evening programmes will be held at Rama International.
Ravi Gosain, Vice President, IATO said that the association expects about 900-1000 delegates from all over the country to participate at the event including senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and
States, industry leaders, tourism and hospitality professionals and
travel trade media.
There are 5 post convention tours being organised, covering different circuits. This year also the association expects large participation from the state governments as every state
is keen to re-instate inbound tourism growth. Last year’s convention recorded participation from 18 states.
During the 3 days the convention, there will be deliberations on key issues being faced by the inbound tourism market.