“Ministry of Tourism, government of India will participate in World Travel Market (WTM) 2022 from 7th to 9th November in London which is one of the largest international travel exhibitions,” the ministry said in a statement.
With the reopening of the country to foreign tourists after a gap of almost two years, this year’s participation of India is particularly significant, officials said.“After world’s largest vaccination drive, the country is ready for international tourists. India is participating in WTM 2022 to showcase itself as a preferred destination for tourism,” the ministry said in the statement issued on Saturday.
During 2019, the contribution of travel and tourism to India’s GDP was 5.19 per cent of the total economy. In 2019, the Indian tourism sector accounted for 79.86 million jobs (direct and indirect employment). The consistent efforts of the central and the state governments has helped the tourism industry to gradually recover from the COVID-19 pandemic shock to the pre pandemic levels, it said.
“A total of 16 stakeholders, including from state governments, other central ministries, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as the industry partner, DMCs, tour operators, hoteliers, travel agents, online travel agents, facilitators of medical value travel are participating as co-exhibitors in the India Pavilion,” the ministry said.
The objective is to showcase the diverse tourism products and services, including medical value travel, luxury trains and the gamut of tourism products to the international business community, officials said.
This year, the Indian delegation is being led by Arvind Singh, Union Tourism Secretary and also includes Rakesh Verma, additional secretary and other senior officials from the ministry, besides representatives from the Indian travel and tourism stakeholders, it said.
During the visit to WTM 2022, the Indian delegation will showcase the varied tourism offerings of India to the global tourism industry stakeholders such as tour operators, travel agents and media.
The Ministry of Tourism is aiming to develop the tourism sector, especially in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, to reach new heights and accelerate the transition to achieve sustainable development targets of 2030, it added.
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