Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has consented to inaugurate the 37th Annual Convention of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) on December 16, 2022, at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, informed Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO. The Convention will take place from 16 -19 December 2022.
The Centrum Lucknow will be the venue hotel and all other activities including registration for the convention, business sessions and evening programmes will be held at The Centrum, Lucknow.
While announcing the decision of the Executive Committee, Mehra said: “We expect about 900-1000 delegates from all over the country to participate which will include senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and States, industry leaders, tourism and hospitality professionals, travel trade media. Added attraction for this year convention would be Post Convention Tours to Ayodhya and Varanasi.
“We expect participation of about 18 to 20 State Governments in the convention as every state is keen to re-instate inbound tourism to their respective states. This year focus in the convention would be to deliberate about the revival of inbound tourism to India therefore, the theme of the convention and subjects for the business sessions would be suitably decided by the committee.
“Concurrently with our convention, there will be Travel Mart, which will be an opportunity for the exhibitors to showcase exciting and diverse range of destinations, conference and Incentive venues especially by the state governments.”
