2010 Global Travel& Tourism Summit in Beijing

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Nov 102009
 

WTTC has announced that China will hold the 2010 Global Travel& Tourism Summit in Beijing.

The summit will take place in Beijing on May 25-27, 2010.

“Our members are all delighted that we will be going to Beijing, capital of the world’s most dynamic travel and tourism economy and one of the most interesting and exciting new tourism destinations,” said Jean-Claude Baumgarten, WTTC president & CEO, while announcing the summit venue. The board was unanimous in its decision to select China.

Gujarat Tourism Summit in Ahmedabad on November 21

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Nov 092009
 

The government of Gujarat and Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) have organised ‘Gujarat Tourism Summit-2009′ on November 21 at a leading hotel in Ahmedabad.

The summit aims to provide a platform for the development of tourism in Gujarat. GOG, CII, various national-travel associations, important stakeholders and experts will participate in it. Gujarat Tourism Summit-2009 will highlight the emerging opportunities and challenges for the tourism sector, and implement new policies, ideas and ways for preparedness under the current risk scenario faced by the large tourism community.

The summit aims to build a common platform for projecting the role of Gujarat government’s initiative and the Indian tourism community. The summit will cover a wide range of topics of interest to stakeholders in the industry, with leading industry players participating in an exclusive CEO’s interactive roundtable on’Way Ahead for Tourism in Gujarat’, ‘Gujarat Tourism Strategy and its Partners’, Tourism Infrastructure & Investments in Hospitality Industry’ and also ‘Heritage Tourism in Gujarat.’

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Tourism sector in India during October 2009

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Nov 072009
 

Ministry of Tourism compiles monthly estimates of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from tourism on the basis of datawater-sport received from major airports. Following are the important highlights regarding these two important indicators of tourism sector.

Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs)

  • FTAs during the Month of October 2009 were 4.48 lakh as compared to FTAs of 4.53 lakh during the month of October 2008 and 4.45 lakh in October 2007.
  • There has been a decline of 0.9% in FTAs in October 2009 over October 2008. However, there has been an improvement vis-a-vis the growth rate of (-) 4.1% observed in September 2009 over September 2008.
  • FTAs during January – October 2009 at 40.23 lakh were lower as compared to 43.24 lakh in January – October 2008.
  • The growth rate in FTAs during Jan-Oct 2009 (-7.0%) marginally improved as compared to the growth rate during Jan-Sep, 2009 (-7.7%).

Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEE) from Tourism in Indian Rupee terms and US $ terms

  • FEE during the month of October 2009 were Rs. 4806 crore as compared to Rs.4248 crore in October 2008.
  • FEE during January – October 2009 were Rs.42395 crore as compared to Rs. 40712 crore in January – October 2008.
  • FEE in US $ terms during the month of October 2009 were US $ 1028 million as compared to US $ 873 million in October 2008.
  • FEE during January – October 2009 were US$ 8699 million as compared to US$ 9696 million during January – October 2008.
  • The growth rate in FEE in Rs. term during January-October,2009(4.1%) registered an improvement over the growth rate during January-September,2009 (3.1%) .
  • The growth rate in FEE in US$ terms during January-October 2009 (-10.3%) also improved over the growth rate during January-September 2009 (-13.1%).
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