ITM, India Tourism Mart, a buyer-seller meet which this time is taking place on a virtual format from 18th – 20th Feb 2021. Mr Subhash Goyal, Chairman – ITM 2021 and Secretary, FAITH in his inaugural address, emphasised how the year gone by was the darkest in the history of mankind and tourism was the […]
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Indian Tourism Industry feels left out yet again in the union budget and terms it disappointing
02
Feb
Feb
The tourism and travel industry of India was among the worst-hit industries since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The industry has pinned great hopes on the union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. Soon after the budget presentation, the tourism industry was more or less unanimous in saying that the […]
02
Jan
Jan
Sources confirmed that the Ministry of Tourism and the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH), after several postponements are working towards, holding the flagship annual B2B event, India Tourism Mart (ITM), to promote Incredible India, in February 2021. Considering the long Christmas and New Year holidays in the important source markets like […]
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MOT explores possibilities of Travel Insurance for International Visitors
09
Dec
Dec
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is believed to have started preliminary discussions with the major players of the insurance sector as well as the Ministry of Finance exploring the possibilities of introducing travel Insurance to boost the confidence of international visitors. Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General – Tourism while speaking at a webinar […]
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Indian govt should urge the United States to revise negative travel advisory immediately: FAITH
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Aug
Aug
The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) has requested India’s Tourism Minister and the Ministry of External Affairs to seek an immediate revision of the negative travel advisory issued by the United States. The USA has issued a travel advisory, rated Level 4 for India. On a scale of 1-4 this is […]
12
Aug
Aug
The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) has requested the Indian government to conduct India Tourism Mart (ITM) at the end of November this year. Subhash Goyal, Honorary General Secretary, FAITH interacted virtually with the Minister of Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel, where he proposed multi-step strategies for revival of tourism. These issues […]
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Jul
Jul
The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH), the nodal federation of all the national tourism associations, has revised the sector’s economic risk guidance to ₹15 lakh crore in view of the coronavirus situation. In its initial guidance, which was calculated and shared with the industry and the Central government in March, the federation […]
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May
May
The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH) — the nodal federation of all the national associations representing the tourism, travel and hospitality sectors in India — has estimated a loss of Rs 10 lakh crores to the industry, as a result of the pandemic. The federation presented the revised guidance during a […]
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Mar
Mar
In a joint letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality (FAITH), CII Tourism National Committee and ASSOCHAM Tourism sub-committee has urged the government to help the sector to come out of the present crisis created by the corona virus pandemic. “We are identifying points of urgent concern […]
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Tourism Min invites global tourism sector to Kerala; India Tourism Mart kick starts in Delhi
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Sep
Sep
Union Tourism Minister Alphons K J today invited the global tourism stakeholders to visit Kerala supporting the flood-hit state. “Though it was hit by one of the worst floods in the century, Kerala is emerging from the deluge at an amazing pace,” he said inaugurating the India Tourism Mart in New Delhi today. “The tourism […]
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Attract high spending, high quality international tourists to India: Railway min
17
Sep
Sep
The focus, at present, needs to be on attracting high spending, high quality international tourists to the country, opined Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal. The minister was addressing the audience after inaugurating the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM) on 17th September, 2018 at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. “The profile of the international tourists needs to […]
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Aug
Aug
The Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) has kickstarted promotions for the first India Tourism Mart. The event will be held in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism from 16-18th September at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The tourism ministry will drive the event through FAITH with the objective of positioning the […]
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Aug
Aug
India Tourism Mart, first-of-its-king, will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 17th September 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The three-day programme is organized by the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) in association with the Ministry of Tourism. The programme will kick start on 16th September at 5:00 PM with a […]
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India Tourism Mart will help increase tourist footfalls: K J Alphons
07
Aug
Aug
The Tourism Ministry in partnership with the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) is organising the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM) from 16th to 18th September, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The objective of the event, which is well supported by all the State /UT Governments, is to create an annual Global Tourism […]
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Jul
Jul
The Tourism Ministry in partnership with the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) and with the support of State /UT Governments will organize the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM) from 16th to 18th September, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The objective of the event is to create an annual Global Tourism […]