What would be an ideal plan B?

“The only plan B I can see is to depend on oneself. Do not wait for anyone. If the government support does not come, you have to do it on your own. One suggestion I would give is that the government should tell the public somehow to only work with government-recognised travel agents. If I am a government-approved tour operator, then I could service a government employee or domestic tourist. We are talking about inbound tour operators going into domestic tourism. Let LTC be available to these approved tour operators.”

– Rajiv Mehra

“Frankly, I only expect a GST waiver for two years, practically. To survive, one should not hesitate to take any decisions in the best interest of the company. The most important thing can be closing all the lossmaking departments. The only mantra which will work at this time to move forward is to save and spend wisely. If the government comes up with some sort of a plan, fine, but otherwise, one has to take steps oneself. Do not wait for anybody.”

– Bharat Atree

“I think, support can be of two ways- direct support (like financial support and hand holding) and indirect support (to survive and then revive). We have to work this out. Whatever we do today will impact our future. So, we need to act first because it is essentially survival of the quickest. We need to know whether we are getting any indirect support or not so that we can plan accordingly. Indirect support can be in terms of tax benefits or other benefits to be given to tour operators, including promotional support in the days to come. This has to be planned, designed and announced right now.”

– Debjit Dutta