Upbeat on domestic market
For A. Arif, Director, Parveen Travels, the domestic market has huge potential and they are ready to serve that market with their transport inventory & PPP model.
Parveen Travels has opened its new office in Dubai as a Destination Management Company, and is on an expansion spree in India. Not only are they roping in newer vehicles in their convoy, but also ready to work with the government under PPP model for hop-on hopoff buses in Chennai.
“While everybody is talking of bringing hop-on hop-off buses in South India, we had first brought this concept in 2005. Unfortunately, we were not able to do it due to many restrictions, and at last the government had taken it up and did initially well. However, later they had to shut down those operations. Today, if the government is open to a PPP model, I am willing to support the government as a private stakeholder, and would like to run the hop-on hop-off operations in Chennai,” said A. Arif.
Arif claims that they have brought in new kinds of luxury vehicles, and in South India, no other company has such an inventory available. "We have an inventory of more than 1200 vehicles, which are for different segments like inbound, outbound, staff, cargo and logistics, or point to point operations. We are the only company in South India which can provide all tourism related needs, right from inbound, outbound, domestic or transport. We have launched a new office in Dubai. It will be a DMC and would be an extension of our business in the Middle East,” he said.
Today, if the government is open to a PPP model, I am willing to support the government as a private stakeholder, and would like to run the hop-on hop-off operations in Chennai
While focusing on inbound is a good thing, people forget that there is a much bigger market available, which is the domestic market, he added. “India is not a poor country. People have a lot of money, especially in South India. There are those who travel a lot and spend a lot and they need tours, as not everyone has seen the entire India. In fact people living in Chennai have not seen the entire Tamil Nadu, and that’s where one should focus on,” he said.