ICC organises "Travel India 2023" conference

Kolkata 19th January 2023:The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organised Travel India 2023 - a two Conference and Expo on travel and tourism- to discuss sustainable tourism for the Future and Developing East & North East as a hub of "MICE Tourism".  The session witnessed valuable insights from Babul Supriyo, Hon'ble Minister, Dept Of Tourism, Government of West Bengal;  Prof Sutheeshna Babu, Nodal Officer, NIWS-Goa Knowledge Partner, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM);  Amaresh Tiwari, Vice Chairman, India Convention Promotion Bureau, ICPB;  Jyoti Mayal, Chairperson, Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC);  Dr Suborno Bose, Hospitality Evangelist Founder, Chief Mentor of the Indismart Group & Chairman IIHM; Chander Manshramani, Chairman, ICC Tourism Export Committee;  Debashis Sen, Chairman and Managing Director, The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) and Dr  Rajeev Singh, Director General, Indian Chamber of Commerce. 

While delivering the welcoming address, Director General, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Dr.  Rajeev Singh, said, “We are here today when things are stable following the Covid period. Travel and tourism industry has seen a rapid growth after the pandemic. It is eventually connecting us with the global culture, creating employability and helping the self-help groups to be visible in the global sector. This has been possible because of the Udaan initiative by the government. Many countries have faced immense challenges in this sector but tourism has the capability to employ man power at a huge rate. The government is working on various standards to bolster our country’s travel and tourism industry.” 

Commenting on Bengal tourism, Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister, Dept Of Tourism Government of West Bengal, Babul Supriyo said, “Travel industry has the potential to solely employ a large amount of human capital. When I speaking about travel it is only travel India but travel Bengal. This is the interest and enthusiasm we see from our honorable Chief Minister. Every tourist lodge and destination in West Bengal is named by her. After the Covid hiatus, people have taken up the opportunity to jump back to the industry. This is because of passion attached with the industry. There should be more activity to work collectively with both private and public sectors. This initiative will attract more tourists to Bengal. Experience of the people matters as you take them from one place to another to visit and experience wonderful service. I would rather want tourists to come to Bengal for a successful resurgence of tourism in our state. We shall also try to collaborate with schools to make students experience, learn and cherish the beauty of Bengal.” 

Commenting on the G20 session in Bengal, Chairman and Managing Director, The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO),  Debashis Sen said, “The first G20 meeting in Bengal has seen huge success and the government of India will be following the same procedure practiced in the first meet. Kolkata is seeing a huge change due to the leadership of our Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee and her team as they are visiting several places and leaving no stones untouched for to attract more tourists. We are rigorously working to implement MICE tourism in Bengal. The Biswa Bangla convention centre, Digha and Milon mela ground near Science City have received several praises from all entities. Regarding MICE tourism, we have taken a resolution of looking into the banquet halls and other requirements which will be well documented and stored on a Google platform so that it can be visited by people for upcoming meets. We also provide discounts to incoming tourists at Biswa Bangla Prangan.”