Aimed at boosting state tourism, the meet is being organised by the state government and Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).
To give a boost to the state's tourism industry, 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.
Highly-placed sources in the state government said, "The summit aims to provide a prominent platform for the development of tourism in the state. GOG, CII, various national-travel associations, important stakeholders and experts will participate in it.''
Ashwin Gandhi, chairman, CII Gujarat Tourism Summit-2009 and director, Express Group of Hotels, stated,"This national initiative is supported by Hotel and Restaurant Association Western Region (HRAWI) and Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), and many leading private tourism companies will be participating in the event.''
He added, "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.'
Sources further said that there would be no signing of MoUs for investment during the summit, as the focus is only on initiating various new efforts for boosting tourism in the state. The government had already signed MoUs worth Rs41,439 crore for 97 tourism projects during VGGIS-2009 in January last. The state government is also likely to announce a modified state tourism policy. A number of national experts on tourism and hospitality industry are likely to participate.
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