IATO re-elects President (unopposed)
The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) concluded recently its elections for the 2014-16 office bearers and the executive committee. The election that took place at Hotel The Park in Delhi, witnessed the re-election of Subhash Goyal as the President of IATO. He has already served the association as President for 12 years. After the elections, Goyal said there are some unfinished agendas which will be taken up with the help of the entire membership.
“We are interested to engage more members, who can contribute in their field of expertise, so that the efforts made by IATO yield desired results at the earliest,” said Goyal.
He emphasised that he would look into all the issues which IATO had taken up with the ministry but continues to remain pending. Some of these included: E-Visa and Visa-on-Arrivals from 180 countries, which has already been principally approved by the Government Deemed Export Status for Foreign Exchange Earning (FEE) for inbound tour operators Rationalisation of State Luxury Tax Rationalisation of State Transport Taxes Issues with the Railways specially booking of foreign groups Marketing Development Assistance Guide Training Programme