Rajan Sehgal President, India Golf Tourism Association

Being in the travel industry for more than 35 years, I have seen a lot of ups and downs. But this pandemic has brought the entire world to a standstill. During this time, there was a lot of learning, such as respect the nature, safe and responsible travel, control on spendings, and collaborations. It is seen that the future of travel will be different, which can be seen with domestic travel getting more importance.

The world has seen the power of the Indian Travel Industry, and that’s why the presence of foreign tourism boards from all over the world are here. But as an industry, we are not united and unable to show our strength and always present ourselves as divided. First of all, we need to unite and go to MOT or others concerned with a crip and clear plan, mostly by taking the suggestions from Industry members, not leaders.

It’s too early to make policies or plans as watching from last two years; the travel world is unpredictable. We have to be selfsufficient, get multi-skilled and find new segments related to Travel ans Tourism of which there are many. I always give the example of Jammu & Kashmir Tourism department and their travel industry as to how they welcomed more tourists with a smile than what they received before this crisis. We have to learn from them!