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New Delhi: At recently held election, Mr. Ravi Gosain was elected as the President of IATO. Along with him, all Executive Committee members fielded by his team, have also been elected . This includes Mr. Rajnish Kaistha who takes over as senior Vice President, Mr. Sanjay Razdan as Vice President, Mr. Sunil Mishra as Honorary secretary, Mr. Deepak Bhatnagar as Honorary Treasurer, Mr. Viney Tyagi as Honorary Joint Secretary.The Executive Committee would also include Mr. Rajiv Mehra, who will hold the designation of Immediate Past President. Other members in the Executive Committee includes, Mr. Harish Mathur, Mr. Manoj Kumar Matta, Mr. Rishi Kapoor, Mr. Sejoe Jose, Mr. Tony Marwah, Mr. Ashok Dhoot, Mr. P. Vijayasarathy and Mr. Wasim Shaikh.
Speaking on his election as President of IATO, Mr. Ravi Gosain said, “We are deeply grateful to our members for the faith they have placed in me and my team. It will be our sincere endeavor to support and empower our members to grow their businesses in a dynamic and competitive environment. A key priority for us is to work in close coordination with the Government to highlight the urgent need for aggressive international marketing and promotion of India as a travel destination. Foreign Tourist Arrival numbers have been going down and in that backdrop, we strongly advocate for increased participation in overseas travel marts and roadshows, as well as the reinstatement of familiarization (FAM) trips for foreign tour operators, travel bloggers, and international media”.
He adds that we will also renew our efforts to bring back the Marketing Development Assistance (MDA) scheme, which has been on hold for over five years. The revival of this scheme is critical to enable small and medium-sized tour operators to market themselves abroad, thereby boosting inbound tourism to India. Our vision is clear, to build a stronger, more inclusive IATO that champions the interests of our members and positions India as a leading global travel destination”.
