The Goa International Travel Mart (GITM) will be held from April 2 to 4, 2014 at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukerjee Stadium at Taleigao. This B2B event will bring together travel companies, hoteliers, State Tourism Boards and other leisure enterprises under one roof to showcase the tourism investment potential in the state. A hundred international buyers from around 28 countries, including USA, UK, France, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, Malaysia, Philippines, UAE, Australia, Singapore and Thailand will be present at the event, as per a release.
Also participating in GITM 2014 will be 25 international travel trade media from over 20 countries, and 35 domestic travel trade media from all over India. This travel trade business platform will be hosting 250 buyers from all over India with more than 2,500 non-hosted traders expected. Five thousand and eight hundred appointments have been scheduled for the event. Other features of GITM 2014 are FAM trips around Goa and networking dinners at top venues.
The main aim behind GITM 2014 is to serve a platform for face-to-face networking among the travel trade, hoteliers and other stakeholders in Goa Tourism with leading travel agents from India and abroad.
GITM will also reach out to State Tourism Boards, District Tourism Centres, trade associations/National Travel Organisations, airlines, travel agents and tour operators, hotels and resorts, adventure tour operators, spice plantations and casinos.
Aimed at achieving the vision of ‘Positioning Goa as India’s premier leisure destination towards 2020’, the one-day, interactive conclaves at GITM will have experts sharing their experience and knowledge. A panel discussion on ‘Reinventing Goa as a premier investment and tourist destination in an ecologically aware world’ will be a significant session at the event, the release states. Another panel discussion on ‘Image building through out-of-the-box marketing concepts for private & government sector’ will provide a new insight into the field of travel trade.
Apart from showcasing the tourism investment opportunities and potential in Goa, this event will serve as a platform to promote various facets of the state that reflect its multi-dimensional facets.
A special Goa Pavilion will be created to showcase festivals and nightlife, beaches, heritage trails, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, wildlife, Medical Tourism, Monsoon Tourism, MICE and wedding destinations, spice farms and Adventure Tourism. Elements like promotion and conservation of heritage, arts, crafts, endorsement of Hinterland Tourism, exhibiting the state’s rich culture and heritage will also be incorporated.
Goa International Travel Mart 2014 to be held from April 2-4 in Taleigao
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