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| MAP FOR GROWTH OF NORTH INDIA'S TOURISM SECTOR |
| 10.07.06 (9:59 pm) [edit] |
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Chandigarh, October 7 --- The Conference cum Exposition on Tourism N'TOUR,
The North India Tourism Conclave - 06 set a road map for the growth of
North India's Tourism sector. The second day of the Conclave saw a host of
leading luminaries from the travel, tourism and hospitality industry and
allied government departments deliberating on the challenges and
opportunities that the industry faces today. It proved to be a unique
forum to define strategies that will help boost the Tourism sector in
North India.
Mr Sanjay Kothari, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Haryana, while
highlighting the need for Regional Strategy in place of state specific
strategy said, it is becoming increasingly important that the states in
the Northern Region evolve a common strategy to give thrust to the
industry and the Conclave helped churn out a comprehensive strategy to
realize the vision. The sessions in the Conclave ranged from identifying
the need and the approach to developing a long-term vision and an
integrated strategic plan for the Region, which is most critical for
sustainable competitiveness, he further said.
According to Mr. Vivek Atray, Director Tourism, Chandigarh
Administration, "One of the biggest achievements of N'Tour was that it
set a platform for a Joint Action Plan (JAP) by the entire sector. The
JAP will help boost the growth in an organized and structured manner by
covering critical issues like common branding for North India Tourism ,
capacity building of human resource , policy issues including the
requirements of infrastructure and sharing of resources by Public
Private Partnership (PPP) for consolidation and growth as well as
addressing environmental issues. Mr Atray further said that going by the
success of the first edition of the Conclave, the Administration plans it
to make it an annual feature.
Deliberating on the sustainability of the Tourism with a specific
reference to Green Tourism, Mr Niranjan Khatri, General Manager, ITC
Welcome Group, urged the Industry to "reduce Environment Footprint: reduce
energy, material & chemical Intensity, Initiate "Greening of the Supply
chain", focus on Innovative Water Management RWH, DSM, &Use of H2O
frugal devices, enhance Eco Literacy in the entire Value Chain including
customers, initiate Triple Bottom Line concept: Economic, Environment &
Social and Travel Agencies and & Tour Operators to engage the tourists in
responsible tourism."
Dr R Kumar, Eye Specialist & Medical Tourism Expert from PGI deliberated
on the promotion of Medical Tourism in the Region and recommended for
setting up PPP in healthcare sector to improve the infrastructure in
existing public hospitals and their expansion with the earnings from
foreigners, to provide good health care to the nation. He also
highlighted the need for huge investment in hardware (equipment) as well
as software (training, skill) in healthcare at this stage
Eco Tourism was another subject which was discussed at length by Ms Vibha
Butial, Managing Partner, Hotel Amber. She highlighted that to conserve
the rich ecological and cultural heritage of the state on sustainable
basis, the involvement of local communities in Eco-tourism is extremely
vital as it would support their livelihood needs and consequently create
their direct stake in conservation of local culture, ecology and
environment.
"As a conscientious member of the Indian adventure industry, we must make
a conscious effort to promote minimum impact tourism. Our motto is the
rule of the great outdoors " TAKE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS LEAVE ONLY FOOT
PRINTS" and our eco code of conduct is an indelible part of our
operations" said Mr Shaukat Sikand, Markhor Adventures, while talking
about the promotion of Adventure Tourism.
Mr Manmohan Singh, Chairman, N'Tour, weaving all the sessions together,
aptly summed up that the Conclave enabled all the stake holders explore
the vast potential of tourism sector in North India. He further
reiterated CII's commitment to work in close consultation with the
government to promote the Tourism Industry in North India
The Conclave was attended by a large number of senior executives
representing holiday resorts, travel, tourism & hospitality industry,
institutions, NGOs, consultants and persons engaged with tourism industry
in the Government and in the private sector, states the release.
Concurrent to the Conclave, an Exposition showcasing the potential of
tourism industry is being organized which would be on till tomorrow.
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