To promote the travel and tourism industry in state, the government of Gujarat will organize 'Gujarat Tourism Summit-2009' in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on the 21st of November, at a leading hotel in Ahmedabad. Highly-placed sources in the state government said that the aim of summit is to provide a platform for the development of tourism in the state. The sources informed that apart from the government of Gujarat and 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 said that the initiative was supported by Hotel and Restaurant Association Western Region (HRAWI) and Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI). Many leading private tourism companies would be participating in the event. He added that the summit would 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 tourism community in general.
Sources added that there would not be any signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), as the summit is primarily focused on projecting various tourism initiatives in state. The summit would serve as a common platform for projecting the role of Gujarat government's initiative and the Indian tourism community. It will host a number of interactive round-table discussions on 'Way Ahead for Tourism in Gujarat', 'Gujarat Tourism Strategy & its Partners', ‘Tourism Infrastructure & Investments in Hospitality Industry' and also 'Heritage Tourism in Gujarat’. A number of national experts on tourism and hospitality industry are likely to participate in 'Gujarat Tourism Summit-2009'.
